Rhabdias japalurae sp. nov. (Nematoda, Rhabdiasidae) from the japalures (Reptilia, Agamidae) and some notes on other Rhabdias spp. from lizards

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-11

  Kuzmin, Yuriy ^a  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Japalures; R. chameleonis; R. gemellipara; Rhabdias japalurae sp. nov.; Rhabdiasidae; Sauria

Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; ANOLIS; CHAMAELEO; DRACO; JAPALURA; JAPALURA POLYGONATA; NEMATODA; REPTILIA; RHABDIAS; RHABDIASIDAE; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037365235     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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