Helminth Parasites of European Glass Lizard, <i>Pseudopus apodus</i> (Pallas, 1775) (Squamata: Anguidae), Collected from Northern Turkey
BIOLOGY BULLETIN, vol.52, no.10, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 52 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 2026
- Doi Number: 10.1134/s1062359025602150
- Journal Name: BIOLOGY BULLETIN
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
A total of 31 European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus specimens (12 males, 19 females) collected from 8 different localities in & Ccedil;anakkale, Samsun and Kars provinces (Northern Turkey) between 2004-2011 and preserved as museum specimens were examined for helminths for the first time. P. apodus harbored one species of cestoda (Mesocestoides sp. Tetrathyridia), one species of digenea (Telorchis assula), four species of nematoda (Entomelas ophisauri, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Parapharyngodon skrjabini, and Neoxysomatium brevicaudatum) and one species of Acanthocephala (Centrorhynchus sp). All helminths represents new host records for Pseudopus apodus in Turkey.