Helminth Parasites of Unisexual and Bisexual Whiptail Lizards (Teiidae) in North America. II. The New Mexico Whiptail (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus)

Chris T. McAllister

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.403

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1 July 1990 Helminth Parasites of Unisexual and Bisexual Whiptail Lizards (Teiidae) in North America. II. The New Mexico Whiptail (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus)

Chris T. McAllister

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 26(3):403-406 (1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.403

Abstract

Twelve of 61 (20%) unisexual New Mexico whiptails (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus) from three counties of central New Mexico (USA) and two counties of extreme southwestern Texas (USA) were found to be infected with one or more endoparasites. These included a linstowiid cestode (Oochoristica bivitellobata) in seven (11%), a larval spirurid nematode (Physaloptera sp.) in three (5%), an oxyurid nematode (Pharyngodon warneri) in two (3%) and an unidentified acanthocephalan cystacanth in a single (2%) lizard. This report constitutes the first record of helminths from C. neomexicanus.

McAllister: Helminth Parasites of Unisexual and Bisexual Whiptail Lizards (Teiidae) in North America. II. The New Mexico Whiptail (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus)

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Chris T. McAllister "Helminth Parasites of Unisexual and Bisexual Whiptail Lizards (Teiidae) in North America. II. The New Mexico Whiptail (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 26(3), 403-406, (1 July 1990). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-26.3.403

Received: 13 October 1989; Published: 1 July 1990

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