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Intestinal parasites of unisexual and bisexual lizards Darevskia spp. (Lacertidae) from Northeastern Anatolia
Yusuf KumlutaşVicente RocaFátima JorgeMiguel A. CarreteroS. Hakan DurmuşÇEtin Ilgazsubject
0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineMedicine (General)biologyEcology (disciplines)Agriculture (General)caucasian rock lizardsparthenogensZoology030108 mycology & parasitologyparasitesbiology.organism_classification010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesS1-97203 medical and health sciencesDarevskiaR5-920LacertidaeturkeyAnimal Science and ZoologyParasitologydescription
Summary 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.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-01 | Helminthologia |