Metazoan endoparasites of four species of lizards, Gehyra mutiiata, Hemidactylus frenatus (Gekkonidae), Mabuya cumingi, Mabuya multifasciata (Scincidae), and one species of snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus (Typhlopidae), from the Philippine Islands

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-101

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Telford Jr , Sam R ^c  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cestoda; Gekkonidae; Helminths; Lizards; Nematoda; Pentastomida; Philippine Islands; Scincidae; Snake; Trematoda; Typhlopidae

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; EUTROPIS MULTIFASCIATA; GEHYRA; GEHYRA MUTILATA; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; KALICEPHALUS; KALICEPHALUS VIPERAE; MABUYA; MABUYA CUMINGI; MABUYA MULTIFASCIATA; MESOCOELIUM MONAS; METAZOA; MONAS; NEMATODA; OOCHORISTICA; OOCHORISTICA EXCELSA; OOCHORISTICA JAVAENSIS; OVATUS; PENTASTOMIDA; PHARYNGODON; PHARYNGODON OCEANICUS; PLAGIORCHIS; PLAGIORCHIS TAIWANENSIS; POSTORCHIGENES OVATUS; RAILLIETIELLA; RAILLIETIELLA FRENATUS; RAMPHOTYPHLOPS BRAMINUS; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SPAULIGODON; SPAULIGODON HEMIDACTYLUS; SQUAMATA; TREMATODA; TYPHLOPIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 13644261493     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4144     Document Type: Article

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