Helminths of seven species of lacertid lizards from southern Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-164

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

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Cestoda; Lacertidae; Nematoda; Southern africa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LIZARD; PARASITE;

ABBREVIATA; ACANTHOCEPHALA; ACANTHOCEPHALUS; CESTODA; DIMORPHA; HELIOBOLUS; HELIOBOLUS LUGUBRIS; ICHNOTROPIS SQUAMULOSA; LACERTIDAE; MAXVACHONIA DIMORPHA; MEROLES ANCHIETAE; MEROLES CUNEIROSTRIS; MEROLES SUBORBITALIS; NEMATODA; OOCHORISTICA UBELAKERI; PARAPHARYNGODON ROTUNDATUS; PEDIOPLANIS; PEDIOPLANIS LINEOOCELLATA; PEDIOPLANIS NAMAQUENSIS; SPAULIGODON SMITHI; SQUAMATA; THUBUNAEA FITZSIMONSI; VERMES;

EID: 0036820218     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2002.11657171     Document Type: Article

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