A contribution to the nematode fauna of two agamid lizards from Afghanistan

A contribution to the nematode fauna of two agamid lizards from Afghanistan

Information on the recent herpetological and related parasitological collections are very rarely available for Afghanistan. We examined two species of the family Agamidae, Laudakia nuristanica and Paralaudakia caucasia for the presence of the intestinal helminth fauna. Overall, we examined 13 specim...

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Main Authors: Jablonski D., Bursey C. R., Basit A., Farooqi J., Masroor R., Goldberg S. R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-02-01
Series:Helminthologia
Subjects:
agamidae
central asia
first records
palearctic
endoparasites
rare collection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2021-0006
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Summary:Information on the recent herpetological and related parasitological collections are very rarely available for Afghanistan. We examined two species of the family Agamidae, Laudakia nuristanica and Paralaudakia caucasia for the presence of the intestinal helminth fauna. Overall, we examined 13 specimens of these lizards and found three species of helminths (Abbreviata achari, Thelandros masaae, T. taylori) in a single specimen of L. nuristanica and four species (A. achari, T. baylisi, T. taylori, P. kasauli) in three specimens of P. caucasia. Here in, we present the first report on the helminth fauna from L. nuristanica, record a new helminth host for P. caucasia and three new country records for the helminth fauna of Afghanistan.
ISSN:0440-6605
1336-9083

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