<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A total of 45 lizards <italic>(Acanthodactylus harranensis</italic> [n = 15], <italic>Acanthodacthylus schreiberi</italic> [n = 9] and <italic>Mesalina brevirostris</italic> [n = 21]) were collected from South and Southeastern Regions of Turkey and examined for helminth fauna. <italic>Acanthodactylus harranensis</italic> harbored 1 species of Nematoda <italic>(Skrjabinodon</italic> sp.), 1 species of Cestoda <italic>(Oochoristica tuberculata)</italic> and 1 species of Acanthocephala <italic>(Centrorhynchus</italic> sp. [cystacanth]). <italic>Acanthodactylus schreiberi</italic> harbored unidentified cysticercoids. <italic>Mesalina brevirostris</italic> harbored 1 species of Nematoda <italic>(Spauligodon saxicolae)</italic>. All lizards represents new host records for the helminths reported in this study.</p></abstract>

A total of 45 lizards (Acanthodactylus harranensis [n = 15], Acanthodacthylus schreiberi [n = 9] and Mesalina brevirostris [n = 21]) were collected from South and Southeastern Regions of Turkey and examined for helminth fauna. Acanthodactylus harranensis harbored 1 species of Nematoda (Skrjabinodon sp.), 1 species of Cestoda (Oochoristica tuberculata) and 1 species of Acanthocephala (Centrorhynchus sp. [cystacanth]). Acanthodactylus schreiberi harbored unidentified cysticercoids. Mesalina brevirostris harbored 1 species of Nematoda (Spauligodon saxicolae). All lizards represents new host records for the helminths reported in this study.

A helminthological research on three Lacertid lizards species:<italic>Acanthodactylus harranensis</italic><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_helmin-2016-0010_ref_004_w2aab3b7c45b1b6b1ab2b1b4Aa">Baran <italic>etal</italic>, 2005</xref>, <italic>Acanthodactylus schreiberi</italic> Boulenger, 1878, and <italic>Mesalina brevirostris</italic> Blanford, 1874, collected from South and South-eastern regions of Turkey

Pamukkale University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Kinikli Campus, Kinikli, 20017 Denizli, Turkey, E-mail: serdar2290@yahoo.com

Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, 35160, Buca/İzmir, Turkey

Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Department of Biology, 09060 Aydın, Turkey

Helminthologia

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A helminthological research on three Lacertid lizards species:,  Boulenger, 1878, and  Blanford, 1874, collected from South and South-eastern regions of Turkey

A total of 45 lizards (Acanthodactylus harranensis [n = 15], Acanthodacthylus schreiberi [n = 9] and Mesalina brevirostris [n = 21]) were collected from South...

HELMINTH, (Helm. Coll. No.)	Host	Developmental stage	Site of infection	No. of infected host (%)	Mean intensity	Range
NEMATODA, Pharyngodonidae
Spauligodon saxicolae Sharpilo, 1961 (PAU-HELM-1/2014)	M. brevirostris	Adult	LI, R	66.67	9.85	2 – 35
NEMATODA, Pharyngodonidae
Skrjabinodon sp. (PAU-HELM-2/2014)	A. harranensis	Adult	LI	66.67	25.10	5 – 62
CESTODA
Unidentified cestode species (in cysticercoid stage) (PAU-HELM-3/2014)	A. schreiberi	Larval	SI	11.11	5	5
CESTODA, Anoplocephalidae
Oochoristica tuberculata (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1898 (PAU-HELM-4/2014)	A. harranensis	Adult	SI	13.33	6	1 – 11
ACANTHOCEPHALA, Centrorhynchidae
Centrorhynchus sp. (PAU-HELM-5/2014) (in cystacanth stage)	A. harranensis	Larval	ESS, M, L	33.33	8.20	2 – 24

A helminthological research on three Lacertid lizards species:Acanthodactylus harranensisBaran etal, 2005, Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878, and Mesalina brevirostris Blanford, 1874, collected from South and South-eastern regions of Turkey

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: Apr 22, 2016

Page range: 200 - 206

Received: Feb 10, 2015

Accepted: Nov 26, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0010

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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Fig. 1

Helminths of A. harranensis, A. schreiberi and M. brevirostris from Turkey