Helminth parasites of the Balkan green lizard, Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga 1886, from Bursa, Turkey

YILDIRIMHAN H. S., Bursey C. R., Altunel F. N.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, vol.35, no.4, pp.519-535, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/zoo-0910-1
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.519-535
  • Keywords: Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda, Balkan green lizard, Lacerta trilineata, Turkey, OSWALDOCRUZIA-FILIFORMIS NEMATODA, RANA-RIDIBUNDA, GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS, PODARCIS-PITYUSENSIS, BELORUSSIAN POLESIE, ANTALYA PROVINCE, COMMON TOAD, BANDED FROG, ULUDAG FROG, MARSH FROG
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Thirty-eight Balkan green lizards, Lacerta trilineata, from Turkey were examined for helminths. Three species of Digenea, Plagiorchis elegans, Pleurogenoides medians, Brachylaemus sp. (metacercaria); 2 species of Cestoda, Oochoristica tuberculata and Mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridium); and 6 species of Nematoda, Abbreviata abbreviata, Ascarops strongylina (larva in cysts), Falcaustra armenica, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni, Skrjabinodon medinae, were found. Lacerta trilineata represents a new host record for each of the parasite species; Plagiorchis elegans, Brachylaemus sp., Oochoristica tuberculata, Mesocestoides sp., Abbreviata abbreviata, Ascarops strongylina (larva), Falcaustra armenica Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni, and Skrjabinodon medinae are reported from Turkey for the first time.