<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A total of 80 specimens of three species of lacertid <italic>Podarcis muralis</italic> (39)<italic>, Podarcis siculus</italic> (18) and <italic>Ophisops elegans</italic> (23) from Bursa were examined for helminths. One species of Digenea, <italic>Plagiorchis elegans</italic>, 1 species of Cestoda, <italic>Mesocestoides</italic> sp. (tetrathyridium); and 3 species of Nematoda, <italic>Skrjabinodon medinae, Spauligodon saxicolae</italic> and <italic>Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni</italic> were found. The helminths reported in this study are generalist helminths that infect a number of lizards.</p></abstract>

A total of 80 specimens of three species of lacertid Podarcis muralis (39), Podarcis siculus (18) and Ophisops elegans (23) from Bursa were examined for helminths. One species of Digenea, Plagiorchis elegans, 1 species of Cestoda, Mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridium); and 3 species of Nematoda, Skrjabinodon medinae, Spauligodon saxicolae and Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni were found. The helminths reported in this study are generalist helminths that infect a number of lizards.

Studies on gastrointestinal helminth of three Lacertid Lizard species, <italic>Podarcis muralis, Podarcis siculus</italic> and <italic>Ophisops elegans</italic> (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Bursa, North-Western Turkey

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Studies on gastrointestinal helminth of three Lacertid Lizard species,  and  (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Bursa, North-Western Turkey

A total of 80 specimens of three species of lacertid Podarcis muralis (39), Podarcis siculus (18) and Ophisops elegans (23) from Bursa were examined for...

Studies on gastrointestinal helminth of three Lacertid Lizard species, Podarcis muralis, Podarcis siculus and Ophisops elegans (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Bursa, North-Western Turkey

Online veröffentlicht: 06. Nov. 2019

Seitenbereich: 310 - 318

Eingereicht: 04. März 2019

Akzeptiert: 01. Sept. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0030

Schlüsselwörter
Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda

© 2019 H. S. Yildirimhan, N. Sümer, published by Sciendo

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Helminths in lizards from Bursa-Turkey.

	P. muralis	P. siculus	O. elegans
DIGENEA
Plagiorchis elegans	+	-	-
CESTODA
Mesocestoides sp.	+	-	-
(tetrathyridium)
NEMATODA
Skrjabinodon medinae	+	-	-
Spauligodon saxicolae	+	+	-
Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni	+	-	-

Studies on gastrointestinal helminth of three Lacertid Lizard species, Podarcis muralis, Podarcis siculus and Ophisops elegans (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Bursa, North-Western Turkey

Online veröffentlicht: 06. Nov. 2019

Seitenbereich: 310 - 318

Eingereicht: 04. März 2019

Akzeptiert: 01. Sept. 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2019-0030

SchlüsselwörterDigenea, Cestoda, Nematoda

© 2019 H. S. Yildirimhan, N. Sümer, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Helminths in lizards from Bursa-Turkey.

Schlüsselwörter
Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda