Gastrointestinal helminths of the anole Anolis oculatus (Polychridae) from Dominica, Lesser Antilles

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-128

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis oculatus; Ascarops sp; Centrorhynchus sp.; Intensity; Mesocoelium monas; Oswaldocruzia lenteixeirai; Parapharyngodon cubensis; Physaloptera sp.; Polychridae; Prevalence; Spauligodon caymanensis; Spinicauda spinicauda

Indexed keywords

ANOLIS OCULATUS;

EID: 0030041120     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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