STRONGYLOIDES CRUZI (RHABDITIDA: STRONGYLOIDIDAE) IN OPHIODES STRIATUS (SQUAMATA: ANGUIDAE) FROM BRAZIL: NEW HOST AND LOCALITY RECORDS WITH TAXONOMIC COMMENTS ON STRONGYLOIDES OF LIZARDS

Authors

  • Vitor Luís Tenório Mati Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. C.P. 486, 30123-970. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-6214
  • Hudson Alves Pinto Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. C.P. 486, 30123-970. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5519-1348
  • Alan Lane de Melo Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. C.P. 486, 30123-970. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-7210

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh201372989

Keywords:

Ophiodes striatus, reptile, Strongyloides cruzi, strongyloidiasis

Abstract

Strongyloides cruzi Rodrigues, 1968 was found in Ophiodes striatus (Spix, 1825) from Itabirito, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The morphology of the nematodes obtained was briefly described and compared with previous reports of Strongyloides spp. from lizards. Taxonomic comments about these parasites are presented and a species of Strongyloides, a genus whose members have rarely been reported in lizards, is for the first time observed in an anguid reptile.

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Published

2013-06-21

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Tenório Mati, V. L., Alves Pinto, H., & Lane de Melo, A. (2013). STRONGYLOIDES CRUZI (RHABDITIDA: STRONGYLOIDIDAE) IN OPHIODES STRIATUS (SQUAMATA: ANGUIDAE) FROM BRAZIL: NEW HOST AND LOCALITY RECORDS WITH TAXONOMIC COMMENTS ON STRONGYLOIDES OF LIZARDS. Neotropical Helminthology, 7(2), 327–333. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh201372989

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