HELMINTH PARASITES OF THE TURKISH SMOOTH NEWT,<i> Lissotriton</i><i> schmidtleri</i> (RAXWORTHY, 1988) AND BALKAN CRESTED NEWT,<i> Triturus</i><i> ivanbureschi</i> ARNTZEN ET WIELSTRA, 2013 FROM ?ZM?R, TURKEY

Birlik S., YILDIRIMHAN H. S., Olgun K., Avci A., Uzum N., ILGAZ Ç.

RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY, vol.30, no.1, pp.1-4, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-1-1-4
  • Journal Name: RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-4
  • Keywords: Nematoda, Megalobatrachonema terdentatum, Lissotriton schmidtleri, Triturus ivanbureschi, Turkey
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

May 23, We studied the helminths parasitizing the individuals of the Turkish smooth newt, Lissotriton schmidtleri (n = 60) and the Balkan crested newt, Triturus ivanbureschi (n = 40) collected from two localities in Izmir, Turkey. Of the 100 newts, 20 (20%) were infected. We detected only one species of parasites, Megalobatrachonema terdentatum (Nematoda: Kathlaniidae), with a prevalence of 0.13% and 0.30% in L. schmidtleri and T. ivanbureschi, respec-tively. Triturus ivanbureschi represents a new host record for M. terdentatum. Also we present new locality re-cords for both hosts and helminth species.