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Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of spargana infection in wild snakes from this region in 2018, and identified an astonishing prevalence rate of 91.7% (344\/375). Spargana parasites were found in 99.1% of <jats:italic>Zaocys dhumnades<\/jats:italic>, 94.1% of <jats:italic>Elaphe carinata<\/jats:italic> and 86.7% of <jats:italic>Elaphe taeniura<\/jats:italic>. Parasites exhibited various distributions: 50% were located in muscular tissue, 32.1% in subcutaneous tissue and 17.9% in the coelomic cavity. To identify the specific status of spargana collected from wild snakes, partial mitochondrial cytochrome <jats:italic>c<\/jats:italic> oxidase subunit 1 (<jats:italic>cox<\/jats:italic>1) gene sequences were amplified, sequenced and analysed. Sequence variations for <jats:italic>cox<\/jats:italic>1 among all the examined plerocercoids ranged between 0.0 and 2.9%, with 21 variable sites identified (4.71%, 21\/446). Phylogenetic analyses identified that all plerocercoids isolated from Hunan province were <jats:italic>Spirometra erinaceieuropaei<\/jats:italic>. This is the first report of <jats:italic>S. erinaceieuropaei<\/jats:italic> infection in snakes in Hunan province. 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