Table 3 Gene similarity and pair-wise distance between Hepatozoon viperoi sp. nov. and other Hepatozoon isolates infecting various snakes found in the Genbank.

From: Discovery of a new Hepatozoon species namely Hepatozoon viperoi sp. nov. in nose-horned vipers in Türkiye

Hepatozoon from snakes

Gene similarity (%)

Pair-wise distance

1. OP377741—H. viperoi sp. nov

  

2. KC342525—H. cevapii

98.40

0.012

3. KC342526—H. massardi

98.18

0.014

4. MF497770—H. cuestensis

97.50

0.019

5. ON237463—H. quagliattus

93.18

0.066

6. ON262426—H. annulatum

98.40

0.014

7. ON262424—H. trigeminum

97.95

0.009

8. KX880079—H. musa

97.04

0.024

9. AF297085—H. sp. Boiga

89.30

0.061

10. MG519501—H. angeladaviesae

92.95

0.072

11. MG519504—H. cecilhoarei

92.50

0.077

12. JN181157—H. sipedon

92.27

0.074

13. EF157822—H. ayorgbor

98.63

0.009

14. KF939620—H. chinensis

98.40

0.012