Nematode parasites of the two limbless lizards: Turkish worm lizard, Blanus strauchi (Bedriaga, 1884) (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae), and slow worm, Anguis fragilis Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Anguidae), from Turkey

Dusen S., Ugurtas I. H., Aydogdu A.

HELMINTHOLOGIA, vol.47, no.3, pp.158-163, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.2478/s11687-010-0024-9
  • Journal Name: HELMINTHOLOGIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.158-163
  • Keywords: Anguis fragilis, Blanus strauchi, Nematoda, slow worm, Turkish worm lizard, Turkey, HELMINTH-PARASITES, RANA-MACROCNEMIS, BANDED FROG, ULUDAG FROG, TREE FROG, ANURA, COLUBRIDAE, RANIDAE, SNAKE, TOAD
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this investigation, seventeen Turkish worm lizards, Blanus strauchi, and eighteen slow worms, Anguis fragilis, collected from Turkey, were examined for helminths. Blanus strauchi harbored 2 species of Nematoda: Pharyngodon spinicauda and Aplectana sp. (larvae); Anguis fragilis harbored 5 species of Nematoda:, Rhabdias bufonis, Entomelas entomelas, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum. Blanus strauchi represents a new host record for Pharyngodon spinicauda and Aplectana sp. Anguis fragilis, represents a new host record for Cosmocerca ornata. Turkey is a new locality record for Pharyngodon spinicauda.