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Helminths infecting Dryadosaura nordestina (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Atlantic Forest, northeastern Brazil

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Author(s):
Teixeira, A. A. M. [1] ; Silva, R. J. [2] ; Brito, S. V. [3] ; Teles, D. A. [1] ; Araujo-Filho, J. A. [1] ; Franzini, L. D. [1] ; Santana, D. O. [1] ; Almeida, W. O. [4] ; Mesquita, D. O. [1]
Total Authors: 9
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Paraiba UFPB, CCEN, DSE, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol Zool, Cidade Univ, Campus 1, BR-58059900 Joao Pessoa, Paraiba - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Parasitol, Campus Botucatu, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Maranhao, Ctr Ciencias Agr & Ambientais, BR-65500000 Chapadinha, MA - Brazil
[4] Univ Reg Cariri URCA, Dept Ciencias Biol, Rua Cel Antonio Luiz 1161, Campus Pimenta, BR-63105000 Crato, CE - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: HELMINTHOLOGIA; v. 55, n. 4, p. 286-291, DEC 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

We analyzed the patterns of infection by helminths in populations of the Gymnophthalmidae lizard Dryadosaura nordestina from three Atlantic Forest fragments in Northeast Brazil. Prevalence and mean intensity of infection by location showed the following results: ARIE Mata de Goiamunduba (60.8 % and 10.4 +/- 8), RPPN Engenho Gargau (83.3 % and 20.8 +/- 19.7) and Benjamim Maranhao Botanical Garden (70.4 % and 7.78 +/- 5.8). We provide the first records of helminth infection for the lizard D. nordestina, in which three species of nematodes, Aplectana sp., Cosmocerca sp. and Physaloptera lutzi and one trematode Haplometroides odhneri were recovered. Trematodes of the genus Haplometroides were previously known as parasites only in snake and amphisbaenian hosts in South America. Now, our study provides the first record of a species belonging to this genus parasitizing lizards. In conclusion, our study shows that D. nordestina have a depleted helminth fauna (three species at maximum), similar to other studies with lizards of this family in Brazil and that its parasite abundance is related to host snout-vent length, but not to the sex. (AU)