Helminths of the day geckos, Rhoptropus afer and Rhoptropus barnardi (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from Namibia, Southwestern Africa

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-80

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Bauer, Aaron M ^c   Cheam, Hay ^a  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Gekkonidae; Maxvachonia dimorpha; Nematoda; Oochoristica truncata; Parapharyngodon rotundatus; Physalopteroides impar; Physocephalus sp.; Rhoptropus afer; Rhoptropus barnardi; Spauligodon petersi; Thubunaea fitzsimonsi

Indexed keywords

MAXVACHONIA DIMORPHA; OOCHORISTICA TRUNCATA; PARAPHARYNGODON ROTUNDUS; PHYSALOPTEROIDES IMPAR; PHYSOCEPHALUS; RHOPTROPUS AFER; RHOPTROPUS BARNARDI; SPAULIGODON PETERSI; THUBUNAEA FITZSIMONSI;

EID: 0032908088     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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