Helminths of the San Diego Alligator Lizard, (Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi) (Anguidae)

Stephen R. Goldberg; Charles R. Bursey

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-26.2.297

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1 April 1990 Helminths of the San Diego Alligator Lizard, (Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi) (Anguidae)

Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 26(2):297-298 (1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.2.297

Abstract

Necropsy of 96 specimens of the San Diego alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi) from Los Angeles County, California (USA) revealed the presence of two nematodes (Physaloptera sp. and Oswaldocruzia pipiens) and a cestode (Oochoristica sp.). Both O. pipiens and Oochoristica sp. represent new host records. Prevalence of helminth infection (all species) was only 4/96 (4%) indicating the lack of a helminth community and a depauperate helminth fauna in this host.

Goldberg and Bursey: Helminths of the San Diego Alligator Lizard, (Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi) (Anguidae)

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Stephen R. Goldberg and Charles R. Bursey "Helminths of the San Diego Alligator Lizard, (Gerrhonotus multicarinatus webbi) (Anguidae)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26(2), 297-298, (1 April 1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.2.297

Received: 2 July 1989; Published: 1 April 1990

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