Eighty-two green lizards, Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768), from different locations of Bursa, Turkey, were examined for helminths. Two species of Cestoda, Mesocestoides sp. (as tetrathyridium) and Oochoristica tuberculata, and 4 species of Nematoda, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni, Skrjabinelazia taurica, and Skrjabinodon medinae, were found. Lacerta viridis is parasitized by generalist helminths that also infect other lizards. Parasite lists for other Turkish lacertid lizards are given.
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19 February 2020
Helminth Fauna of the European Green Lizard, Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768), from Bursa, Turkey
Hıkmet Samı Yıdırımhan,
Dılara Karaman,
Charles R. Bursey
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 87 • No. 1
January 2020
Vol. 87 • No. 1
January 2020
Cestoda
Lacerta viridis
Mesocestoides sp.
Nematoda
Oochoristica tuberculata
Oswaldocruzia filiformis
Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni