Rates of pulmonary infection by pentastomids in lizards species from a restinga habitat in northeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Wo. Almeida²  Gg. Santana¹  Wls. Vieira¹  Ic. Wanderley¹  Sc. Ribeiro² 

[1],Universidade Regional do Cariri Departamento de Química Biológica Crato CE ,Brazil

关键词: parasitism;    lizards;    Neotropical region;    parasitismo;    lagartos;    região Neotropical;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842009000100026

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Pulmonary parasitism by pentastomids was examined in two lizard species inhabiting an area of restinga vegetation (coastal sand dunes) situated in the municipality of Mataraca (6° 29' S and 34° 56' W), on the extreme northern coast of Paraíba State, Brazil. A total of 123 lizards were collected, being 75 specimens of Micrablepharus maximiliani (Gymnophtalmidae) and 48 specimens of Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Teiidae). Only a single species of Pentastomida (Raillietiella mottae) was found parasitizing three females M. maximiliani, with a prevalence of 4% and an average infection intensity of 2.3 ± 1.3 (range 1-5). The infection rate by pentastomids encountered in the present study was similar to that seen with other species of restinga lizards. Raillietiella mottae is a generalist parasite species that is probably transmitted by common and widely distributed insects making up part of the diet of many insectivorous lizard species from northeastern Brazil.

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