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Gastrointestinal helminths of the lizard Chalcides ocellatus from Benghazi, Libya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2024

H.M.S. Ibrahim ,
M.M. Fadiel  and
G.A. Nair
H.M.S. Ibrahim
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Garyounis, Post Box 9480, Benghazi, Libya
M.M. Fadiel*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Garyounis, Post Box 9480, Benghazi, Libya
G.A. Nair
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Garyounis, Post Box 9480, Benghazi, Libya
*
*Author for correspondence E-mail: fmahmoud2000@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Chalcides ocellatus, a scincid lizard, sampled during October 1998 to December 1999 from Benina (farmland) and Al-Kueffia (a rocky area) in Benghazi, Libya, was found to harbour three intestinal nematodes, Pharyngodon mamillatus, Thelandros alatus and Parapharyngodon micipsae, and an intestinal cestode, Oochoristica tuberculata. Thelandros alatus, P. micipsae and O. tuberculata were recorded for the first time in C. ocellatus. Parapharyngodon micipsae was detected in C. ocellatus from Benina and O. tuberculata from lizards in Al-Kueffia. The majority (87.6%) of C. ocellatus were infected with helminth parasites and the levels of infection were higher in males than in females but this difference was not significant. Pharyngodon mamillatus recorded the highest number of nematode parasites in C. ocellatus, although there was no relationship between the number of nematode parasites recovered and host density. In lizards infected with the cestode O. tuberculata, males had shorter snout–vent lengths than females. From a total of 153 C. ocellatus, 120 (78.4%) showed single and 14 (9.2%) showed mixed parasitic infections. Mixed infections between different species of nematodes were not observed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 79 , Issue 1 , March 2005 , pp. 35 - 39
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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