Helminths from eight species of African skinks (Trachylepis: Scincidae)

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 236-241

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

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cestoda; Digenea; Nematoda; Scincidae; Trachylepis

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATA; ABBREVIATA PARADOXA; CESTODA; CHRYSANTHEMOIDES; MESOCOELIUM MONAS; NEMATODA; OOCHORISTICA TRUNCATA; OXYSTOMINA; PARAPHARYNGODON ROTUNDATUS; PHYSALOPTEROIDES; SCINCIDAE; SPAULIGODON; SQUAMATA; THUBUNAEA FITZSIMONSI; TRACHYLEPIS; TRACHYLEPIS ACUTILABRIS; TRACHYLEPIS BREVICOLLIS; VERMES;

EID: 77955161517     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4436.1     Document Type: Article

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