Helminth parasites of the Balkan green lizard, Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga 1886, from Bursa, Turkey
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2011
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TÜBİTAK
Abstract
Thirty-eight Balkan green lizards, Lacerta trilineata, from Turkey were examined for helminths. Three species of Digenea, Plagiorchis elegans, Pleurogenoides medians, Brachylaemus sp. (metacercaria); 2 species of Cestoda, Oochoristica tuberculata and Mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridium); and 6 species of Nematoda, Abbreviata abbreviata, Ascarops strongylina (larva in cysts), Falcaustra armenica, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni, Skrjabinodon medinae, were found. Lacerta trilineata represents a new host record for each of the parasite species; Plagiorchis elegans, Brachylaemus sp., Oochoristica tuberculata, Mesocestoides sp., Abbreviata abbreviata, Ascarops strongylina (larva), Falcaustra armenica Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni, and Skrjabinodon medinae are reported from Turkey for the first time.
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Zoology, Digenea, Cestoda, Balkan green lizard, Lacerta trilineata, Turkey, Oswaldocruzia-filiformis nematoda, Rana-ridibunda, Gastrointestinal helminths, Podarcis-pityusensis, Belorussian polesie, Antalya province, Common toad, Banded frog, Uludag frog, Marsh frog, Bursa [Turkey], Abbreviata, Ascarops strongylina, Brachylaemus, Cyclophyllidea, Falcaustra, Lacerta trilineata, Mesocestoides, Nematoda, Oochoristica, Oswaldocruzia, Plagiorchis elegans, Pleurogenoides medians, Skrjabinelazia, Skrjabinodon, Squamata, Vermes, Host-parasite interaction, Lizard, Nematode, New record, Parasite
Citation
Yıldırımhan, H. S. vd. (2011). "Helminth parasites of the Balkan green lizard, Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga 1886, from Bursa, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 35(4), 519-535.