Lung infection rates in two sympatric Tropiduridae lizard species by pentastomids and nematodes in northeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Wo. Almeida²  Sc. Ribeiro²  Gg. Santana¹  Wls. Vieira¹  La. Anjos¹  Dl. Sales² 

[1] ,Universidade Regional do Cariri Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde Departamento de Química BiológicaCrato CE ,Brazil

关键词: Raillietiella;    Rhabdias;    Pentastomida;    neotropical region;    Raillietiella;    Rhabdias;    Pentastomida;    região neotropical;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842009000400027

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

We present data on pulmonary infection rates by parasites in the lizards Tropidurus hispidus Spix, 1825 and T. semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) living sympatrically in the Chapada do Araripe mountain Range, northeastern Brazil. We found no parasite pulmonary infection in T. semitaeniatus. However, two pulmonary parasite species were found in the T. hispidus hosts, the pentastomid Raillietiella mottae Almeida, Freire and Lopes, 2008 and the nematode Rhabdias sp. Overall prevalence was 5%. Prevalence of R. mottae was 2.5% and corresponded to only one parasite on each infected host. Prevalence of Rhabdias sp. was 2.5% and the range of infection was 1-2 parasites per host. This represents the first record of Rhabdias infecting lizards of the family Tropiduridae in the Neotropical region. Furthermore, we present a comparison of parameters of infection by pulmonary parasites including some recent studies in Brazil.

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