Pentastomid parasites of the introduced Asian house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus (Gekkonidae), in Australia

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-259

  Barton, Diane P ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Gehyra; Hemidactylus; Introduced host; Introduced parasite; Raillietiella; Transfer between hosts; Waddycephalus

Indexed keywords

GEHYRA; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS; HEMIDACTYLUS FRENATUS; PENTASTOMIDA; RAILLIETIELLA; RAILLIETIELLA FRENATUS;

EID: 34547738524     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4209.1     Document Type: Article

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