<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Four bisexual and two unisexual species of the lizard genus <italic>Darevskia</italic> from northeastern Anatolia were searched for intestinal parasites in adult specimens. One cestode, <italic>Nematotaenia tarentolae</italic>, and two nematode species, <italic>Spauligodon saxicolae</italic> and <italic>Strongyloides darevskyi</italic>, were found, the latest identified as a <italic>Darevskia</italic> specialist. No major differences between host species were recorded. The very low infection rates and diversity result in depauperate helminth communities for all these lacertid lizards being the lowest among the Palaearctic saurians. Patterns of these helminth communities are compared with those observed in other lacertid lizards from Anatolia and Europe.</p></abstract>

Four bisexual and two unisexual species of the lizard genus Darevskia from northeastern Anatolia were searched for intestinal parasites in adult specimens. One cestode, Nematotaenia tarentolae, and two nematode species, Spauligodon saxicolae and Strongyloides darevskyi, were found, the latest identified as a Darevskia specialist. No major differences between host species were recorded. The very low infection rates and diversity result in depauperate helminth communities for all these lacertid lizards being the lowest among the Palaearctic saurians. Patterns of these helminth communities are compared with those observed in other lacertid lizards from Anatolia and Europe.

Intestinal parasites of unisexual and bisexual lizards <italic>Darevskia</italic> spp. (Lacertidae) from Northeastern Anatolia

Departament de Zoologia, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València. Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain

CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, 7. 4485-661 Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal

Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 35160, Buca-İzmir, Turkey

Dokuz Eylül University, Fauna and Flora Research and Application Center, 35160, Buca-İzmir, Turkey

Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Education, Department of Biology, 35160, Buca-İzmir, Turkey

Helminthologia

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Intestinal parasites of unisexual and bisexual lizards  spp. (Lacertidae) from Northeastern Anatolia

Four bisexual and two unisexual species of the lizard genus Darevskia from northeastern Anatolia were searched for intestinal parasites in adult specimens. One...

Intestinal parasites of unisexual and bisexual lizards Darevskia spp. (Lacertidae) from Northeastern Anatolia

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 298 - 303

Received: Dec 03, 2015

Accepted: Apr 20, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0021

Keywords
parasites, Caucasian rock lizards, parthenogens, Turkey

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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Intestinal parasites of unisexual and bisexual lizards Darevskia spp. (Lacertidae) from Northeastern Anatolia

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 298 - 303

Received: Dec 03, 2015

Accepted: Apr 20, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0021

Keywordsparasites, Caucasian rock lizards, parthenogens, Turkey

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
parasites, Caucasian rock lizards, parthenogens, Turkey