A helminthological research on three Lacertid lizards species: Acanthodactylus harranensis Baran et al, 2005, Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878, and Mesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874, collected from South and South-eastern regions of Turkey

Dusen S., Kumlutas Y., Ilgaz C., Avci A., Gul H. Y.

HELMINTHOLOGIA, vol.53, no.2, pp.200-206, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1515/helmin-2016-0010
  • Journal Name: HELMINTHOLOGIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.200-206
  • Keywords: Acanthodactylus harranensis, Acanthodactylus schreiberi, Lacertidae, Mesalina brevirostris, helminth, Turkey, SKRJABINODON NEMATODA, CENTRORHYNCHUS ACANTHOCEPHALA, OXYUROIDEA PHARYNGODONIDAE, PARASITES, HELMINTHS, REDESCRIPTION, REPTILIA, SQUAMATA, SAURIA, GECKOS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A total of 45 lizards (Acanthodactylus harranensis [n = 15], Acanthodacthylus schreiberi [n = 9] and Mesalina brevirostris [n = 21]) were collected from South and Southeastern Regions of Turkey and examined for helminth fauna. Acanthodactylus harranensis harbored 1 species of Nematoda (Skrjabinodon sp.), 1 species of Cestoda (Oochoristica tuberculata) and 1 species of Acanthocephala (Centrorhynchus sp. [cystacanth]). Acanthodactylus schreiberi harbored unidentified cysticercoids. Mesalina brevirostris harbored 1 species of Nematoda (Spauligodon saxicolae). All lizards represents new host records for the helminths reported in this study.