Helminths of the ground agama, Agama aculeata (Sauria: Agamidae), from South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 158-159

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

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Cestoda; Lizards; Nematoda; New host records; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HOST SELECTION; LIZARD; NEW RECORD; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ABBREVIATA; ABBREVIATA PARADOXA; ACULEATA; AGAMA ACULEATA; AGAMA AGAMA; AGAMIDAE; CESTODA; NEMATODA; OOCHORISTICA; OOCHORISTICA TRUNCATA; PARAPHARYNGODON; PARAPHARYNGODON ROTUNDATUS; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; THUBUNAEA; THUBUNAEA FITZSIMONSI; VERMES;

EID: 18644369378     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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