Eleven of 27 (41%) parthenogenetic Colorado checkered whiptails (Cnemidophorus tesselatus) from four counties of western and southwestern Texas were infected with one or more helminths. These included a linstowiid cestode (Oochoristica sp.), a larval spi-rurid nematode (Physaloptera sp.) and two species of oxyurid nematodes (Parathelandros texanus and Pharyngodon warneri). This note, the first in a series of reports on helminths of Cnemidophorus spp., represents the first record of parasites from C. tesselatus.
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1 January 1990
Helminth Parasites of Unisexual and Bisexual Whiptail Lizards (Teiidae) in North America. I. The Colorado Checkered Whiptail (Cnemidophorus tesselatus)
Chris T. McAllister
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 26 • No. 1
January 1990
Vol. 26 • No. 1
January 1990
Cestoidea
Cnemidophorus tesselatus
Cyclophyllidea
helminths
Lizards
Oochoristica sp.
Oxyurida