Endoparasites of the Bridled Mabuya, Heremites vittatus (Olivier, 1804) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Türkiye

Hikmet Sami Yildirimhan; Nurhan Sümer; Bahadir Akman; Mehmet Zülfü Yildiz; Muhammed Asad Kamran; Deniz Yalçinkaya; Buket Eylek; Charles Robert Bursey

doi:10.1654/COPA-D-23-00003

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Hikmet Sami Yildirimhan,^1,* Nurhan Sümer,¹ Bahadir Akman,² Mehmet Zülfü Yildiz,³ Muhammed Asad Kamran,¹ Deniz Yalçinkaya,⁴ Buket Eylek,¹ Charles Robert Bursey⁵

¹Department of Biology, Science and Literature Faculty, Uludag University, 16059 Bursa, Türkiye (e-mail: ; nsumer@uludag.edu.tr)
²Hunting and Wildlife Program, Department of Forestry, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Iğdır University, Iğdır, Türkiye (e-mail: )
³Department of Biology, Science and Literature Faculty, Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Türkiye (e-mail: )
⁴Vocational School of Health Services, Toros University, Yenişehir-Mersin, Türkiye (e-mail: )
⁵Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146, USA (e-mail: )

^*Corresponding author (e-mail: yhikmet@uludag.edu).

Abstract

Ninety-five bridled mabuya, Heremites vittatus (37 males, 49 females, and 9 juveniles) collected throughout Türkiye were examined for helminths. One species of trematode, Plagiorchis elegans; 1 species of cestode, Mesocestoides sp.; and 5 species of nematode, Parapharyngodon sp., Skrjabinodon pigmentatus, Spauligodon aloisei, Spauligodon eremiasi, and Thubunaea sp. were found. One new locality record and 7 new host records are reported.

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Hikmet Sami Yildirimhan, Nurhan Sümer, Bahadir Akman, Mehmet Zülfü Yildiz, Muhammed Asad Kamran, Deniz Yalçinkaya, Buket Eylek, and Charles Robert Bursey "Endoparasites of the Bridled Mabuya, Heremites vittatus (Olivier, 1804) (Squamata: Scincidae) from Türkiye," Comparative Parasitology 92(1), 48-51, (11 March 2025). https://doi.org/10.1654/COPA-D-23-00003

Published: 11 March 2025

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