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Nematode infection in the lizard Bogertia lutzae (Loveridge, 1941) from the Atlantic forest in north-eastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2009

R.W. Ávila ,
L.A. Anjos ,
U. Gonçalves ,
E.M.X. Freire ,
W.O. Almeida  and
R.J. da Silva
R.W. Ávila*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Geral e Aplicada, UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Jr., s/n°, CEP 18618-000Botucatu, SP, Brazil
L.A. Anjos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Jr., s/n°, CEP 18618-000Botucatu, SP, Brazil
U. Gonçalves
Affiliation:
Museu de Historia Natural, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Av. Aristeu de Andrade, N° 452, Farol, CEP 57021-090Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
E.M.X. Freire
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botânica, Ecologia e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, CEP 59072-970Natal-RN, Brazil
W.O. Almeida
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química Biológica/CCBS, Universidade Regional do Cariri, R. Cel Antônio Luiz, 1161, CEP 63105-000Crato, CE, Brazil
R.J. da Silva
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Jr., s/n°, CEP 18618-000Botucatu, SP, Brazil
*
*E-mail: robsonavila@gmail.com
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Abstract

Endoparasites associated with the small bromelicolous lizard Bogertia lutzae, a poorly studied phyllodactylid inhabitant of north-eastern Brazil, were studied. Fifty-seven specimens collected from the Atlantic Forest of Alagoas state were dissected. Only one species of parasite, the nematode Spauligodon oxkutzcabiensis, was found, with a prevalence of 22.8%. The intensity of infection was 2.62 ± 1.19, and neither the prevalence nor mean intensity differed between the sexes. There was no correlation between lizard body size and intensity of infection. An aggregated pattern of distribution (D = 0.813) of S. oxkutzcabiensis was found in this lizard host population. Bogertia lutzae represents a new host recorded for S. oxkutzcabiensis, a parasite reported for the first time for Brazil.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 84 , Issue 2 , June 2010 , pp. 199 - 201
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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