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First assessment of the endoparasitic nematode fauna of four psammophilous species of Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) endemic to north-eastern Brazil

dc.contributor.authorLambertz, Markus
dc.contributor.authorKohlsdorf, Tiana
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Steven F.
dc.contributor.authorÁvi-la, Robson Waldemar
dc.contributor.authorda Silva, Reinaldo José [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionPoppelsdorfer Schloss
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionCentro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-29T06:48:00Z
dc.date.available2022-04-29T06:48:00Z
dc.date.issued2012-12-01
dc.description.abstractTropiduridae (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.affiliationInstitut für Zoologie Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Poppelsdorfer Schloss, 53115 Bonn
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento 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.affiliationUniversidade 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.affiliationUNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus de Botucatu, Instituto de Biociências Departamento de Parasitologia, Distrito de Rubião Junior, 18618-970, Botucatu, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespUNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Campus de Botucatu, Instituto de Biociências Departamento de Parasitologia, Distrito de Rubião Junior, 18618-970, Botucatu, SP
dc.format.extent315-323
dc.identifier.citationActa Herpetologica, v. 7, n. 2, p. 315-323, 2012.
dc.identifier.issn1827-9635
dc.identifier.issn1827-9643
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84871907019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/227086
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofActa Herpetologica
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectCaatinga
dc.subjectEurolophosaurus
dc.subjectNematoda
dc.subjectNeotropics
dc.subjectPsammophily
dc.subjectTropidurus
dc.titleFirst assessment of the endoparasitic nematode fauna of four psammophilous species of Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) endemic to north-eastern Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo
dspace.entity.typePublication
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatupt
unesp.departmentParasitologia - IBBpt

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