The Helminth Fauna of <i>Lacerta agilis</i> (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Lacertidae) Collected from Ardahan, Turkiye

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Hasturk E. B., Yıldırımhan H. S., Birlik S., Sümer N., Civil Y., Ilgaz Ç., ...Daha Fazla

BIOLOGY BULLETIN, cilt.52, sa.3, 2025 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 52 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1134/s1062359024613156
  • Dergi Adı: BIOLOGY BULLETIN
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Animal Behavior Abstracts, Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

To the best of our knowledge, there are many reports on helminths found in Lacerta agilis from different regions. However, there is no report on the helminth fauna of L. agilis distributed in Turkiye. Hence, we investigated the diversity of parasitic helminths and their prevalence in Sand Lizards L. agilis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Lacertidae) in Ardahan, Turkiye. Two helminth species (Nematoda) were found in the L. agilis: Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Goeze, 1782) and Spauligodon cabrerae Castano-Fernandez, Zapatero-Ramos & Solera Puertas 1988. Overall helminth prevalences were not relatively high for host species (13/49 (27%)). Lacerta agilis is a new host record for S. cabrerae and Ardahan Province is a new locality record for both helminth species.