Helminth Parasites of Anatololacerta anatolica (Werner, 1902) from Western Provinces (Aydın, Bursa, Çanakkale, İzmir) of Türkiye

Nurhan Sümer; Hikmet Sami Yildirimhan; Charles Robert Bursey; Sezen Birlik; Yusuf Kumlutaş; Çetin Ilgaz; Kamil Candan; Elif Yildirim Caynak

doi:10.1654/1525-2647-90.1.45

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15 June 2023 Helminth Parasites of Anatololacerta anatolica (Werner, 1902) from Western Provinces (Aydın, Bursa, Çanakkale, İzmir) of Türkiye

Nurhan Sümer, Hikmet Sami Yildirimhan, Charles Robert Bursey, Sezen Birlik, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Çetin Ilgaz, Kamil Candan, Elif Yildirim Caynak

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Comparative Parasitology, 90(1):45-52 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-90.1.45

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Thirty-eight individuals of Anatololacerta anatolica (Werner, 1902) (17 males, 20 females, and 1 juvenile) were collected by hand from western Provinces of Türkiye and the following helminth species were found: 1 species of Digenea Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802) Braun, 1902, 1 species of Cestoda Mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridia), and 4 species of Nematoda Skrjabinodon medinae, Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni Li, 1934, Skrjabinelazia taurica, and Spauligodon aloisei. Anatololacerta anatolica represents a new host record for P. elegans, S. taurica and S. aloisei.

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Nurhan Sümer, Hikmet Sami Yildirimhan, Charles Robert Bursey, Sezen Birlik, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Çetin Ilgaz, Kamil Candan, and Elif Yildirim Caynak "Helminth Parasites of Anatololacerta anatolica (Werner, 1902) from Western Provinces (Aydın, Bursa, Çanakkale, İzmir) of Türkiye," Comparative Parasitology 90(1), 45-52, (15 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-90.1.45

Published: 15 June 2023

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