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Helminths Infection Patterns in a Lizard (Tropidurus hispidus) Population from a Semiarid Neotropical Area: Associations Between Female Reproductive Allocation and Parasite Loads
Conrado A. B. Galdino,Robson W. Ávila,Castiele Holanda Bezerra,Daniel Cunha Passos,Daniel Cunha Passos,Gabriela C. Melo,Gabriela C. Melo,Djan Zanchi-Silva +7 more
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The lizard population was parasitized by 8 helminth species, and the species composition of the component community resembles that found for other Neotropical lizards.Abstract:
This study reports helminth infection patterns of the lizard Tropidurus hispidus from an area of semiarid caatinga in northeastern Brazil (Ceara state). The lizard population was parasitized by 8 helminth species, and the species composition of the component community resembles that found for other Neotropical lizards. The prevalence of parasites was higher for males compared with females, whereas no relation was found between intensity of infection of 2 parasites (Parapharyngodon alvarengai and Physaloptera lutzi) and the lizards body size. For reproductive females, parasite infection intensity was negatively correlated to reproductive investment.read more
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Influence of temporal variation and host condition on helminth abundance in the lizard Tropidurus hispidus from north-eastern Brazil.
J.A. Araujo Filho,Samuel V. Brito,V. F. Lima,A. M. A. Pereira,Daniel Oliveira Mesquita,Ralph Lacerda de Albuquerque,Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida +6 more
TL;DR: Overall, larger-sized lizards showed higher helminth abundance and heteroxenic species were more abundant in the Atlantic Forest environments, showing that the temporal variation, body size, sex, reproductive period and habitat type influence the abundance and composition of helmineth species in T. hispidus.
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Helminth parasites of Mabuya arajara Rebouças-Spieker, 1981 (Lacertilia: Mabuyidae) from Chapada do Araripe, northeastern Brazil.
Arthur do Nascimento Cabral,Diêgo Alves Teles,S. V. Brito,Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida,Luciano Alves dos Anjos,M.C. Guarnieri,Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro +6 more
TL;DR: This study contributes to the knowledge of the helminth fauna associated with the digestive tract of lizards from South America and the Caatinga domain by identifying lizards with greater body length and/or body mass were more infected with nematode species.
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Nematodes infecting Anotosaura vanzolinia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Caatinga, northeastern Brazil
Bruno Halluan Soares de Oliveira,Adonias Aphoena Martins Teixeira,Romilda Narciza Mendonça de Queiroz,J A Araujo-Filho,Diêgo Alves Teles,Samuel V. Brito,Daniel Oliveira Mesquita +6 more
TL;DR: Investigating the composition of helminth parasites of the completely unknown lizard Anotosaura vanzolinia found abundance of endoparasites was related to the rainy season and sex, but not to host body size (SVL).
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Helminth parasites of Phyllodactylidae and Gekkonidae lizards in a Caatinga ecological station, northeastern Brazil
V. F. Lima,S. V. Brito,João Antonio de Araujo Filho,Diêgo Alves Teles,Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro,Adonias Aphoena Martins Teixeira,A. M. A. Pereira,Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida +7 more
TL;DR: South American lizards were identified as being new hosts for the Trichospirura genus, and there were 16 new occurrences of parasite species in the five lizard species studied herein.
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Levels of helminth infection in the flat lizard Tropidurus semitaeniatus from north-eastern Brazil
Castiele Holanda Bezerra,Robson W. Ávila,Daniel Cunha Passos,Djan Zanchi-Silva,Conrado A. B. Galdino +4 more
TL;DR: Levels of helminth infection in a population of the flat lizard Tropidurus semitaeniatus are reported for the first time, and the most frequently occurring species was the intestinal nematode Parapharyngodon alvarengai, which did not exhibit differences in prevalence and intensity of infection relative to host sex or age/body size.
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