Helminth Parasites of European Glass Lizard, Pseudopus apodus (Pallas, 1775) (Squamata: Anguidae), Collected from Northern Turkey

Düşen S., Hayretdağ S., Dinçaslan Y. E., Tok C. V.

BIOLOGY BULLETIN, cilt.52, ss.269-279, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 52
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1134/s1062359025602150
  • Dergi Adı: BIOLOGY BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.269-279
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A total of 31 European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus specimens (12 males, 19 females) collected

from 8 different localities in Çanakkale, 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.