Helminths from the sonoran spotted whiptail, Cnemidophobus sonorae, and the western whiptail, Cnemidophorus tigris (Sauria: Teiidae), from southern Arizona with comments on Abbreviata terrapenis (Nematoda: Physalopteridae)

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-277

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

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Cestoda; Cnemidophobus sonorae; Cnemidophorus tigris; Helminths; Nematoda; Telidae

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATA; ABBREVIATA TERRAPENIS; ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ASPIDOSCELIS TIGRIS; CESTODA; CNEMIDOPHORUS SONORAE; CNEMIDOPHORUS TIGRIS; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; NEMATODA; PHYSALOPTERIDAE; SAURIA; TEIIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 0030808078     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.13085     Document Type: Article

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