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The helminth community of the skink Chalcides sexlineatus from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2011

V. Roca ,
M.A. Carretero ,
F. Jorge ,
A. Perera ,
A. Ferrero  and
S. Rodríguez-Reina
V. Roca*
Affiliation:
Departament de Zoologia, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100Burjassot, Spain
M.A. Carretero
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661Vairão, Portugal
F. Jorge
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661Vairão, Portugal
A. Perera
Affiliation:
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661Vairão, Portugal
A. Ferrero
Affiliation:
Departament de Zoologia, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100Burjassot, Spain
S. Rodríguez-Reina
Affiliation:
Departament de Zoologia, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100Burjassot, Spain
*
*Fax: +34 63544372 E-mail: vicente.roca@uv.es
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Abstract

A survey of the gastrointestinal helminth communities of a population of Chalcides sexlineatus Steindachner, a small skink endemic to Gran Canaria island (Canary Archipelago, Spain), was conducted to determine the prevalence, abundance and species diversity of intestinal parasites in these reptiles. Only three parasite species were found, one cestode, Oochoristica agamae Baylis, 1919 and two nematodes, Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat, 1917) and Pharyngodonidae gen. sp. Helminth infracommunities of C. sexlineatus showed low values of abundance and species richness and diversity, being more similar to the helminth community of Tarentola boettgeri boettgeri (Steindachner) rather than those of Gallotia stehlini (Schenkel), both syntopic with the sampled host.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 86 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 237 - 240
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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