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Helminths of the exotic lizard Hemidactylus mabouia from a rock outcrop area in southeastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

L.A. Anjos ,
C.F.D. Rocha ,
D. Vrcibradic  and
J.J. Vicente
L.A. Anjos*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 20550-019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
C.F.D. Rocha
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 20550-019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D. Vrcibradic
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 20550-019, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
J.J. Vicente
Affiliation:
Departamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 21045-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*
*Fax: (021) 587 7655 E-mail:mabuyasp@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

The helminth fauna of 291 Hemidactylus mabouia (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from a rock outcrop area in the state of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil, was studied. Five species were recovered, namely one unidentified species of centrorhynchid acanthocephalan (present only as cystacanths) and the nematodes Parapharyngodon sceleratus, P. largitor (Oxyuroidea: Pharingodonidae), Physaloptera sp. (Spiruroidea: Physalopteridae) and one indeterminate species of Acuariidae (Acuaroidea), with the latter two forms present only as larvae. Infection rates tended to increase with host size, but appeared to be unaffected by season. Hemidactylus mabouia shared most of its helminth fauna with two other sympatric lizard hosts, Mabuya frenata and Tropidurus itambere. The helminth assemblage of the H. mabouia population appears to have been entirely acquired by this exotic gecko from the local helminth species pool, rather than possessing any species from the parasite faunas of the original African populations.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 79 , Issue 4 , December 2005 , pp. 307 - 313
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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