Helminth Parasites of the Ocellated Skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) (Scincidae) from Turkey

Incedogan S., YILDIRIMHAN H. S., Bursey C. R.

COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, cilt.81, sa.2, ss.260-269, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 81 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1654/4708.1
  • Dergi Adı: COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.260-269
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Chalcides ocellatus, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda, Turkey, BLANUS-STRAUCHI BEDRIAGA, WORM LIZARD, PHARYNGODONIDAE, NEMATODA, LACERTIDAE, SAURIA, ENDOPARASITES, SQUAMATA, EGYPT, INFRACOMMUNITIES
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Forty-five ocellated bronze skinks, Chalcides ocellatus (17 males, 26 females, and 2 juveniles), from eight localities in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey were examined for helminths. Forty-four hosts were infected with 1 or more species of helminth. One species of Digenea, Brachylaima sp. (metacercaria), 1 species of Cestoda, Oochoristica tuberculata, and 6 species of Nematoda, Parapharyngodon bulbosus, Pharyngodon inermicauda, Pharyngodon mamillatus, Skrjabinodon aegyptiacus, Spinicauda sonsinoi, and Moaciria icosiensis, were found. Chalcides ocellatus represents a new host record for Brachylaima sp. and Turkey is a new locality record for P. bulbosus, Ph. inermicauda, Ph. mamillatus, S. aegyptiacus, Sp. sonsinoi, and M. icosiensis.