Two new species of Falcaustra and comments on helminths of Norops tropidolepis (Sauria: Polychrotidae) from Costa Rica

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 598-603

  Bursey, Charles R ^a   Goldberg, Stephen R ^a,b   Miller, Christine L ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Miami Metrozoo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST; LIZARD; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURTLE;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FALCAUSTRA COSTARICAE; FISH; GENUS; HELMINTH; LARVA; LIZARD; NEMATODE; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; STRONGYLOIDEA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ASCARIDOIDEA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TURTLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ACUARIIDAE; CENTRORHYNCHIDAE; FALCAUSTRA; HEOSEMYS DEPRESSA; NEMATODA; NOROPS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHIDA; POLYCHROTINAE; RHABDIAS ANOLIS; SAURIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERMES;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIZARDS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURTLES;

EID: 3142709947     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3303     Document Type: Article

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