New species of Oswaldocruzia (Nematoda: Molineidae) in Ameiva festiva (Squamata: Teiidae) from Nicaragua

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 350-352

  Bursey, Charles R ^a   Goldberg, Stephen R ^a,b   Vitt, Laurie J ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; LIZARD; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMEIVA FESTIVA; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIZARD; MOLINEIDAE; NEMATODE; NEW SPECIES; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; OSWALDOCRUZIA MORAVECI; OSWALDOCRUZIA NICARAGUENSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; NICARAGUA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

CENTRAL AMERICA; NICARAGUA;

AMEIVA FESTIVA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLINEIDAE; NEMATODA; OSWALDOCRUZIA; SQUAMATA; STRONGYLIDA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 33646480105     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3543.1     Document Type: Article

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