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1 July 2009 Gastrointestinal Helminths of Three Species of Basiliscus (Squamata: Corytophanidae) from Central America
Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey
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Abstract

Gastrointestinal helminths are reported from 3 species of Basiliscus lizards from Central America: Basiliscus basiliscus, Basiliscus plumifrons, and Basiliscus vittatus. Found were 1 species of Digenea, Parallopharynx gonzalezi, and 4 species of Nematoda, Africana telfordi, Cyrtosomum scelopori, Falcaustra sp., and Physocephalus sp. Parallopharynx gonzalezi, in B. plumifrons and B. vittatus, and Africana telfordi and Physocephalus sp., in B. plumifrons, are new host records. Four new locality records are reported.

Stephen R. Goldberg and Charles R. Bursey "Gastrointestinal Helminths of Three Species of Basiliscus (Squamata: Corytophanidae) from Central America," Comparative Parasitology 76(2), 297-299, (1 July 2009). https://doi.org/10.1654/4394.1
Published: 1 July 2009
KEYWORDS
Africana telfordi
Basiliscus sp
Central America
Cyrtosomum scelopori
Digenea
Falcaustra sp
Nematoda
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