A check-list of the nematode parasites of South African Serpentes (snakes) and Sauria (lizards)

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Hering Hagenbeck, S F B N ^a   Boomker, J ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Lizards; Nematodes; Reptiles; Snakes; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATA; BITIS ARIETANS; CHAMAELEO DILEPIS; DILEPIS; KALICEPHALUS; NEMATODA; NEPTUNIA; OPHIDASCARIS; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SERPENTES; SPAULIGODON; SQUAMATA; VARANUS NILOTICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; SNAKE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIZARDS; NEMATODA; REPTILES; SNAKES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034144934     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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