<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

Helminthologia

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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

Publicado en línea: 06 nov 2019

Páginas: 310 - 318

Recibido: 04 mar 2019

Aceptado: 01 sept 2019

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

Palabras clave
Digenea, 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.

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

Publicado en línea: 06 nov 2019

Páginas: 310 - 318

Recibido: 04 mar 2019

Aceptado: 01 sept 2019

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

Palabras claveDigenea, 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.

Palabras clave
Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda