<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the years 2010 and 2014, fifty-four samples of <italic>Phoenicolacerta laevis</italic> from eight localities in Adana (n=6) and Hatay (n=48) were collected and examined for helminth parasites. New host and locality records were recorded. As a results of present study, three species of Digenea, <italic>Sonsinotrema tacapense, Prosthodendrium chilostomum, Brachylaima</italic> sp. (metacercaria); two species of Cestoda, <italic>Oochoristica tuberculata</italic> and <italic>Mesocestoides sp</italic>. and four species of Nematoda, <italic>Skrjabinodon medinae, Spauligodon sp</italic>., <italic>Thubunaea sp</italic>. and a larva of the Ascaridiidae <italic>Ascarididae</italic> gen. <italic>sp</italic>. were reported for lizard samples. We document new host records for all of helminth species reported here. <italic>Sonsionotrema tacapense</italic> (Digenea), and <italic>Thubunaea sp</italic>. (Nematoda) are recorded for the first time from Turkey. There are, to our knowledge, no reports of helminths for <italic>P. laevis</italic> in Turkey and also from its range.</p></abstract>

In the years 2010 and 2014, fifty-four samples of Phoenicolacerta laevis from eight localities in Adana (n=6) and Hatay (n=48) were collected and examined for helminth parasites. New host and locality records were recorded. As a results of present study, three species of Digenea, Sonsinotrema tacapense, Prosthodendrium chilostomum, Brachylaima sp. (metacercaria); two species of Cestoda, Oochoristica tuberculata and Mesocestoides sp. and four species of Nematoda, Skrjabinodon medinae, Spauligodon sp., Thubunaea sp. and a larva of the Ascaridiidae Ascarididae gen. sp. were reported for lizard samples. We document new host records for all of helminth species reported here. Sonsionotrema tacapense (Digenea), and Thubunaea sp. (Nematoda) are recorded for the first time from Turkey. There are, to our knowledge, no reports of helminths for P. laevis in Turkey and also from its range.

Helminth fauna of Lebanon Lizard, <italic>Phoenicolacerta laevis</italic> (Gray, 1838), (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Southern Turkey

Uludag University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Nilüfer, Bursa, Turkey

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

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

Aksaray University, Güzelyurt Vocational School, Department of Plant and Animal Production, 68500, Güzelyurt/Aksaray, Turkey

Helminthologia

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Helminth fauna of Lebanon Lizard,  (Gray, 1838), (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Southern Turkey

In the years 2010 and 2014, fifty-four samples of Phoenicolacerta laevis from eight localities in Adana (n=6) and Hatay (n=48) were collected and examined for...

Helminth fauna of Lebanon Lizard, Phoenicolacerta laevis (Gray, 1838), (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Southern Turkey

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 262 - 269

Received: Dec 01, 2015

Accepted: Mar 03, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0016

Keywords
Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda, helminth, Turkey

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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

Helminth fauna of Lebanon Lizard, Phoenicolacerta laevis (Gray, 1838), (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Southern Turkey

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Jul 22, 2016

Page range: 262 - 269

Received: Dec 01, 2015

Accepted: Mar 03, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0016

KeywordsDigenea, Cestoda, Nematoda, helminth, Turkey

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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

Keywords
Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda, helminth, Turkey