What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis been recorded?

Schistosoma mansoni occurrence evidence comes from 4,091 records in 16 countries and territories, from 1916 to 2017. Most records come from Uganda.

Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis
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TrematodaDiplostomidaSchistosomatidaeSchistosoma

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

4,091 records across 16 countries and territories, 1916–2017.

Schistosoma mansoni · GBIF taxon key 5967489

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

2 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19162017

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Uganda 2,099
Tanzania 1,647
Niger 168
Senegal 137
Puerto Rico 8
Zambia 6
Kenya 5
Morocco 5
United States 5
Cameroon 3
Egypt 2
Venezuela 2
Liberia 1
Namibia 1
Panama 1
SZ 1

Related animals

Others in the family Schistosomatidae.

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5,358 records
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281 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.