Helminth fauna of Lebanon Lizard, Phoenicolacerta laevis (Gray, 1838), (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Southern Turkey

Birlik S., Yildirimhan H. S., Sumer N., Kumlutas Y., Ilgaz C., Durmus S. H., ...Daha Fazla

HELMINTHOLOGIA, cilt.53, sa.3, ss.262-269, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 53 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/helmin-2016-0016
  • Dergi Adı: HELMINTHOLOGIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.262-269
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Phoenicolacerta laevis, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda, helminth, Turkey, HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS, ISLANDS EASTERN ATLANTIC, CANARY-ISLANDS, TETRATHYRIDIA CESTOIDEA, COMPONENT COMMUNITIES, GREEN LIZARD, SAURIA, REPTILIA, CYCLOPHYLLIDEA, DIVERSITY
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In the years 2010 and 2014, fifty-four samples of Phoenicolacerta laevis from eight localities in Adana (n=6) and Hatay (n=48) were collected and examined for helminth parasites. New host and locality records were recorded. As a results of present study, three species of Digenea, Sonsinotrema tacapense, Prosthodendrium chilostomum, Brachylaima sp. (metacercaria); two species of Cestoda, Oochoristica tuberculata and Mesocestoides sp. and four species of Nematoda, Skrjabinodon medinae, Spauligodon sp., Thubunaea sp. and a larva of the Ascaridiidae Ascarididae gen. sp. were reported for lizard samples. We document new host records for all of helminth species reported here. Sonsionotrema tacapense (Digenea), and Thubunaea sp. (Nematoda) are recorded for the first time from Turkey. There are, to our knowledge, no reports of helminths for P. laevis in Turkey and also from its range.