Author:
Vrcibradic Davor,Vicente Joaquim,Bursey Charles
Abstract
Abstract
We studied the helminth assemblage of a population of the iguanian lizard
Enyalius bilineatus from an Atlantic forest area in Espírito Santo state,
southeastern Brazil. Eighteen of the 27 individuals examined (66.7%)
harbored helminths. A total of six helminth species were found, including
acanthocephalan cystacanths (Centrorhynchidae), and five species of
nematodes: Physaloptera lutzi, P. retusa, Oswaldocruzia benslimanei,
Rhabdias sp. and larvae of an indeterminate species of Acuariidae. In the
context of helminth assemblages from Neotropical iguanian lizards, that of
E. bilineatus was similar in some parameters (such as species richness and
number of core species) to those of other forest-dwelling species, but
generally poorer when compared to open-habitat hosts.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Cited by
24 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