Helminth Parasites of the Mediterranean Chameleon Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae) from Turkey

BİRLİK S., YILDIRIMHAN H. S., Yilmaz C., Yildirim E., CANDAN K., Kumluta Y., ...Daha Fazla

ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA, cilt.72, sa.3, ss.455-460, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 72 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA ZOOLOGICA BULGARICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.455-460
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chamaeleo chamaeleon, Helminth, Trematoda, Nematoda, Turkey, NEMATODA PHYSALOPTERIDAE, DIGENEA-PLEUROGENIDAE, SAURIA, LIZARD, LACERTIDAE, SQUAMATA, BURSA, CHECKLIST, TREMATODE, HELLMICH
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The hehninth fauna of thirty nine Mediterranean Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) (22 male male, 17 female female) was examined. Specimens collected from Adana, Hatay, Antalya, Aydin, Gaziantep, Mugla and Izmir provinces in Turkey. The trematodes recovered included Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802) Braun, 1902, P. molini Lent & Freitas, 1940 and Pseudosonsinotrema chamaeleonis Dollfus, 1951. The nematode recovered was Physaloptera sp. Turkey is a new geographical record for Pseudosonsinotrema chamaeleonis. C. chamaeleon represents a new host record for P. elegans, P. molini and Physaloptera sp.