ARE THE HELMINTH COMMUNITIES FROM UNISEXUAL AND BISEXUAL LIZARDS DIFFERENT? EVIDENCE FROM GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES OF DAREVSKIA SPP. IN TURKEY

Roca V., Jorge F., ILGAZ Ç., KUMLUTAŞ Y., Durmus S. H., Carretero M. A.

ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, cilt.61, sa.3, ss.279-288, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 61 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.17109/azh.61.3.6.2015
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.279-288
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: parasites, parthenogenetic lizards, Darevskia, Turkey, CAUCASIAN ROCK LIZARDS, PARTHENOGENETIC WHIPTAIL LIZARD, NORTH-AMERICA, RED QUEEN, CNEMIDOPHORUS, TEIIDAE, LACERTIDAE, SAURIA, PHYLOGENY, ARMENIACA
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Specimens of three species of parthenogenetic lizards (Darevskia uzzelli, D. bendimahiensis, and D. sapphirina) from northeastern Turkey were examined for gastrointestinal parasites. Only one species, the nematode Spauligodon saxicolae (Pharyngodonidae), was found. The extremely low infection and diversity parameters, falling among the lowest within the Palaearctic saurians, support depauperate helminth communities for these parthenogenetic lacertid lizards. Our results suggest that parthenogenetic Darevskia follow a pattern of parasitism similar to other unisexual lizards (i.e. Aspidocelis). The low rates of infection and diversity may be explained by the decreasing opportunities for interchanging helminths rather than factors of susceptibility of unisexual hosts.