Author:
Roca V.,Carretero M.A.,Jorge F.,Perera A.,Ferrero A.,Rodríguez-Reina S.
Abstract
AbstractA survey of the gastrointestinal helminth communities of a population of Chalcides sexlineatus Steindachner, a small skink endemic to Gran Canaria island (Canary Archipelago, Spain), was conducted to determine the prevalence, abundance and species diversity of intestinal parasites in these reptiles. Only three parasite species were found, one cestode, Oochoristica agamae Baylis, 1919 and two nematodes, Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat, 1917) and Pharyngodonidae gen. sp. Helminth infracommunities of C. sexlineatus showed low values of abundance and species richness and diversity, being more similar to the helminth community of Tarentola boettgeri boettgeri (Steindachner) rather than those of Gallotia stehlini (Schenkel), both syntopic with the sampled host.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,General Medicine,Parasitology
Reference27 articles.
1. Descripción de Thelandros tinerfensis n. sp. (Nematoda, Pharyngodonidae) sobre Chalcides viridanus Boulenger, 1887 y Gallotia galloti galloti Duméril y Bibron, 1839, de la isla de Tenerife (Islas Canarias);Solera-Puertas;Revista Ibérica de Parasitología,1988
2. Parasitic infracommunities of the Aegean wall lizard Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Sauria): isolation and impoverishment in small island populations
3. Relación entre las faunas endoparásitas de reptiles y su tipo de alimentación;Roca;Revista Española de Herpetología,1999
4. Roca V. (1985) Contribución al conocimiento de la helmintofauna de los Lacértidos y Geckónidos del piso termomediterráneo del levante ibérico. PhD thesis, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Valencia, Universitat de València.
Cited by
2 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献