First assessment of the endoparasitic nematode fauna of four psammophilous species of Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) endemic to north-eastern Brazil
dc.contributor.author | Lambertz, Markus | |
dc.contributor.author | Kohlsdorf, Tiana | |
dc.contributor.author | Perry, Steven F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ávi-la, Robson Waldemar | |
dc.contributor.author | da Silva, Reinaldo José [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.institution | Poppelsdorfer Schloss | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) | |
dc.contributor.institution | Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-29T06:48:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-29T06:48:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-12-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) is a lizard taxon widely distributed in the neotropics. Among its representatives, some species are classifed as generalists regarding habitat usage. Others exhibit a very restricted and probably relict distribution, and are strongly associated with predominantly sandy and dry habitats. Within this rather ecologically similar than phylogenetically closely related group we examined specimens of Eurolophosaurus amathites, E. divaricatus, Tropidurus hygomi, T. psammonastes for endoparasites. In all four species examined we recorded parasitic nematodes (Nemathelminthes: Nematoda). At least three nematode species were recovered: Parapharyngodon sp., Physaloptera lutzi and Strongyluris oscari, with Ph. lutzi being the most abundant parasite encountered in all lizard species examined. In spite of the hosts' habitat specialization, these parasites are also found frequently in non-psammophilous tropidurid species as well as in other squamates. Individual species richness per lizard was low, with usually just one species parasitizing at a time. Tese are the first parasites registered for these tropidurids and constitute a total of six new host records. © Firenze University Press. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | Institut für Zoologie Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn | |
dc.description.affiliation | Departamento de Biologia Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Bairro Monte Alegre, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP | |
dc.description.affiliation | Universidade Regional do Cairi Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Campus do Pimenta, Rua Cel. Antonio Luiz, 1161, Bairro do, 63105-100, Crato, CE | |
dc.description.affiliation | UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus de Botucatu, Instituto de Biociências Departamento de Parasitologia, Distrito de Rubião Junior, 18618-970, Botucatu, SP | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus de Botucatu, Instituto de Biociências Departamento de Parasitologia, Distrito de Rubião Junior, 18618-970, Botucatu, SP | |
dc.format.extent | 315-323 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Acta Herpetologica, v. 7, n. 2, p. 315-323, 2012. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1827-9635 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1827-9643 | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-84871907019 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/227086 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Acta Herpetologica | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Caatinga | |
dc.subject | Eurolophosaurus | |
dc.subject | Nematoda | |
dc.subject | Neotropics | |
dc.subject | Psammophily | |
dc.subject | Tropidurus | |
dc.title | First assessment of the endoparasitic nematode fauna of four psammophilous species of Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) endemic to north-eastern Brazil | en |
dc.type | Artigo | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
unesp.campus | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatu | pt |
unesp.department | Parasitologia - IBB | pt |