A Record of an Asian House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from Laos as a Host of the Pentastome, Kiricephalus pattoni, with Comments on the Distribution and Natural History of This Parasite

Gerrut Norval; Daniel Jablonski; Jana Christophoryová; Vinh Quang Luu; Stephen R. Goldberg; Charles R. Bursey

doi:10.1654/1525-2647-85.2.189

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Gerrut Norval,^1,2,* Daniel Jablonski,³ Jana Christophoryová,³ Vinh Quang Luu,⁴ Stephen R. Goldberg,⁵ Charles R. Bursey⁶

¹1 Applied Behavioural Ecology & Ecosystem Research Unit, Department of Environmental Sciences, UNISA
²6 Current address: College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedfo
³2 Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Zoology, Mlynská dolina, Ilkovičova, 6 842 15 Bra
⁴3 Vietnam National University of Forestry, Department of Wildlife, Xuan Mai, Chuong My, Hanoi, Vietn
⁵4 Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608, U.S.A. (e-mail: sgoldberg@whi
⁶5 Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146,

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

An Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836) was collected in a forested area near the town of Thakhek, Laos. Inspection of the lizard revealed that it had a subcutaneous lump on its abdomen, which was determined to be caused by a nymph of the pentastome Kiricephalus pattoni (Stephens, 1908). Although H. frenatus has been recorded as a host of K. pattoni in Taiwan, Thakhek, Laos represents a new distribution record for this parasite.

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Gerrut Norval, Daniel Jablonski, Jana Christophoryová, Vinh Quang Luu, Stephen R. Goldberg, and Charles R. Bursey "A Record of an Asian House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from Laos as a Host of the Pentastome, Kiricephalus pattoni, with Comments on the Distribution and Natural History of This Parasite," Comparative Parasitology 85(2), 189-192, (1 July 2018). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-85.2.189

Published: 1 July 2018

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