Cosmocerca vrcibradici n. sp. (Ascaridida: Cosmocercidae), Oswaldocruzia vitti n. sp. (Strongylida: Molineoidae), and other helminths from Prionodactylus eigenmanni and Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae) from Brazil and Ecuador

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 140-145

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

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; BRAZIL; COSMOCERCA VRCIBRADICI; ECHINOSAURA HORRIDA; ECUADOR; FALCAUSTRA BELEMENSIS; HELMINTH; LIZARD; NEMATODE; NEUSTICURUS BICARINATUS; NONHUMAN; OSWALDOCRUZIA VITTI; PRIONODACTYLUS OSHAUGHNESSYI; PRONODACTYLUS EIGENMANNI; SPHAERIDIOTREMA ECHINOSAURENSE; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; ECUADOR; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; LIZARDS; MALE; PREVALENCE; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDOIDEA; COSMOCERCIDAE; GYMNOPHTHALMIDAE; MESOCOELIUM; MESOCOELIUM MONAS; MONAS; NEUSTICURUS BICARINATUS; PRIONODACTYLUS; PRIONODACTYLUS EIGENMANNI; PRIONODACTYLUS OSHAUGHNESSYI; SAURIA; SPHAERIDIOTREMA; SQUAMATA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLOIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 1442323934     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3234     Document Type: Article

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