Helminths of two lizards, Barisia imbricata and Gerrhonotus ophiurus (Sauria: Anguidae), from Mexico

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-208

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Camarillo Rangel, José L ^c  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anguidae; Barisia imbricata; Brachycoelium salamandrae; Cosmocercoides variabilis; Gerrhonotus ophiurus; Lizards; Mexico; Nematoda; Oswaldocruzia pipiens; Physaloptera retusa; Raillietnema brachyspiculatum; Sauria; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

BARISIA IMBRICATA; BRACHYCOELIUM SALAMANDRAE; COSMOCERCOIDES VARIABILIS; GERRHONOTUS OPHIURUS; OSWALDOCRUZIA PIPIENS; PHYSALOPTERA RETUSA; RAILLIETNEMA BRACHYSPICULATUM;

EID: 0032779877     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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