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Table 4 Location and occurrence of snails at each of the 37 collection sites

From: Bovine fasciolosis at increasing altitudes: Parasitological and malacological sampling on the slopes of Mount Elgon, Uganda

Site no.

GPS location (in decimal seconds)

Altitude (m)

Habitat

Lymnaea spp. (n)

Other genera present

1

N01°13.908 E034°17.418

1139

Stream

L. natalensis (2)

Biomphalaria, Bulinus

2

N01°00.128 E034°21.545

1150

Pond

L. natalensis (36)

Biomphalaria

3

N01°13.131 E034°13.899

1152

Stream

L. natalensis (2)

Biomphalaria, Bulinus

4

N00°59.982 E034°11.602

1167

Ditch

L. natalensis (2)

-

5

N00°56.932 E034°14.947

1184

Ditch

L. natalensis (9)

Biomphalaria, Bulinus

6

N01°07.714 E034°13.135

1187

Stream

L. natalensis (2)

Bulinus

7

N01°11.157 E034°19.372

1188

River

L. natalensis (12)

Biomphalaria, Bulinus

8

N01°09.607 E034°17.994

1215

Stream

L. natalensis (3)

Biomphalaria, Bulinus

9

N01°09.833 E034°20.897

1251

Stream

L. natalensis (45)

Biomphalaria

10

N01°00.680 E034°20.111

1268

Stream

L. natalensis (25)

Biomphalaria, Bulinus

11

N01°03.040 E034°20.662

1375

Stream

L. natalensis (7)

Biomphalaria

12

N01°20.288 E034°22.771

1645

Waterfall

-

-

13

N01°26.102 E034°29.626

1718

Stream

-

-

14

N01°21.224 E034°23.318

1770

Stream

L. natalensis (6)

-

15

N01°23.037 E034°25.247

1810

Stream

-

-

16

N01°24.248 E034°29.843

1883

Stream

-

Biomphalaria

17

N01°20.030 E034°23.364

1896

Stream

-

-

18

N01°23.653 E034°26.894

1922

Stream

-

-

19

N01°24.854 E034°32.485

1951

Stream

-

Biomphalaria

20

N01°20.182 E034°39.728

1980

Stream

-

-

21

N01°20.337 E034°42.581

1998

Stream

-

-

22

N01°20.469 E034°41.848

2021

Stream

-

-

23

N01°20.311 E034°40.370

2021

Stream

-

-

24

N01°24.864 E034°37.238

2036

Stream

-

-

25

N01°20.087 E034°41.370

2069

Stream

-

-

26

N01°10.471 E034°26.434

2900

Stream

-

-

27

N01°09.757 E034°29.491

3573

Stream

-

-

28

N01°08.746 E034°34.199

3640

Stream

-

-

29

N01°08.716 E034°33.667

3746

Bog

L. truncatula (4)

-

30

N01°09.067 E034°32.644

3779

Stream

-

-

31

N01°08.972 E034°32.842

3788

Bog

L. truncatula (12)

-

32

N01°09.463 E034°30.478

3812

Bog

-

-

33

N01°09.306 E034°31.170

3829

Stream

-

-

34

N01°09.348 E034°30.757

3870

Bog

-

-

35

N01°09.324 E034°31.401

3902

Bog

L. truncatula (24)

-

36

N01°09.305 E034°31.536

3905

Pool/bog

L. truncatula (49)

Bulinus

37

N01°08.944 E034°30.634

3937

Pool

L. truncatula (30)

Bulinus