Gastrointestinal Helminths of the Black-necked Agama, Acanthocercus atricollis (Squamata: Agamidae), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Stephen R. Goldberg; Charles R. Bursey; Eli Greenbaum; Chifundera Kusamba

doi:10.1654/4549.1

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Stephen R. Goldberg,^1,* Charles R. Bursey,² Eli Greenbaum,³ Chifundera Kusamba⁴

¹1Department of Biology, Whittier College, P.O. Box 634, Whittier, California 90608, U.S.A. (e-mail:
²2Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146-1
³3The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Biological Sciences, 500 West University Avenue,
⁴4Laboratoire d'Herpétologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lw

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

A helminthological examination of the black-necked agama, Acanthocercus atricollis, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo revealed the presence of one species of Digenea, Mesocoelium monas; one species of Cestoda, Oochoristica truncata; and three species of Nematoda, adults of Pseudabbreviata amaniensis and Strongyluris gigas and one ascarid larva. Strongyluris gigas had the highest prevalence (87%) and P. amaniensis had the highest mean intensity (38.7 ± 52.6 SD). All are generalist helminths that infect lizard species but represent new parasite records for A. atricollis.

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Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey, Eli Greenbaum, and Chifundera Kusamba "Gastrointestinal Helminths of the Black-necked Agama, Acanthocercus atricollis (Squamata: Agamidae), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo," Comparative Parasitology 79(1), 164-166, (1 January 2012). https://doi.org/10.1654/4549.1

Published: 1 January 2012

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