Ectoparasites and Endoparasites of the Clark's Lizard, <i>Darevskia clarkorum</i> (Squamata, Lacertidae), Collected from Different Provinces of the Black Sea Region of Türkiye

CİVİL Y., YILDIRIMHAN H. S., Redhwan A. M., BÜLBÜL U., SARIKURT S., Hassan A. A.

HELMINTHOLOGIA, cilt.63, sa.1, ss.21-28, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 63 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2026
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2478/helm-2026-0001
  • Dergi Adı: HELMINTHOLOGIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.21-28
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A total of 61 specimens (26 female female, 31 male male, and 4 juveniles) of Darevskia clarkorum (Darevsky & Vedmederja, 1977), collected between 2000 and 2005 from five provinces of Turkiye (Ordu, Giresun, Trabzon, Rize, and Artvin) and archived as museum material, were subjected to helminthological examination. As a result of the examinations conducted, 2 Cestoda (Nematotaenia tarentolae, Oochoristica tuberculata), 4 Nematoda (Strongyloides darevskyi, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Skrjabinodon medinae, Agamospirura sp.), and 1 Acanthocephala (Centrorhynchus sp. larvae) species were identified in the host. In addition, an ectoparasite species in the arthropod belonging to the order Ixodida (Ixodes ricinus) was encountered. Except for Ixodes ricinus, all parasite species have been recorded for the first time in D. clarkorum in the literature. In this respect, the study makes an important contribution to both the species' parasite fauna and the herpetofauna of Turkiye.