Eleven of 113 (10%) lizards representing 6 of the 17 species (Anolis fuscoauratus, Anolis trachyderma, Plica umbra, Kentropyx pelviceps, Arthrosaura reticulata, and Mabuya nigropunctata) collected in the lower Moa River forest, in the Amazon rainforest in the Brazilian state of Acre, were infected with helminths in the gastrointestinal tracts. The nematodes recovered from lizards were Physaloptera lutzi, Physaloptera retusa, and Physalopteroides venancioi. Three new host records and two new locality records are reported.
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1 January 2012
Occurrence of Helminths in Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) at Lower Moa River Forest, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil
Saymon de Albuquerque,
Róbson Waldemar Ávila,
Paulo Sérgio Bernarde
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 79 • No. 1
January 2012
Vol. 79 • No. 1
January 2012
Nematoda
neotropical
parasitism
Sauria
South America
Squamata