Gastrointestinal helminths of four gekkonid lizards, Gehyra mutilata, Gehyra oceanica, Hemidactylus frenatus and Lepidodactylus lugubris from the Mariana Islands, Micronesia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1295-1298

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

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOST; LIZARD; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIZARDS; MICRONESIA; PREVALENCE;

ALLOPHARYNX; ALLOPHARYNX MACALLISTERI; CESTODA; CYLINDROTAENIA; CYLINDROTAENIA ALLISONAE; GEHYRA MUTILATA; GEHYRA OCEANICA; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; LEPIDODACTYLUS LUGUBRIS; NEMATODA; OOCHORISTICA; OOCHORISTICA JAVAENSIS; OSWALDOCRUZIA; PHARYNGODON; PHARYNGODON LEPIDODACTYLUS; SKRJABINELAZIA; SKRJABINELAZIA MACHIDAI; SPAULIGO; SPAULIGO DONGEHYRAE; SPAULIGODON; SPAULIGODON GEHYRAE; SQUAMATA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0032438315     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284696     Document Type: Article

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