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Cabral ADN, Teles DA, Brito SV, Almeida WDO, Dos Anjos LA, Guarnieri MC, Ribeiro SC. Helminth parasites of Mabuya arajara Rebouças-Spieker, 1981 (Lacertilia: Mabuyidae) from Chapada do Araripe, northeastern Brazil. Parasitol Res 2018; 117:1185-1193. [PMID: 29435716 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-5797-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We provide data on the helminth fauna from the digestive tract of the lizard Mabuya arajara Rebouças-Spieker, 1981 from Chapada do Araripe, northeastern Brazil. Seventy one of the 127 lizards examined (56%) were infected with four nematode species: Physalopteroides venancioi and Physaloptera sp. (Physalopteridae), Strongyluris oscari (Heterakidae), and Parapharyngodon alvarengai (Pharyngodonidae), the latter being the component species (prevalence 53.5%; mean intensity of infection 3.37 ± 2.0; discrepancy index D = 0.69). The helminth P. alvarengai infected M. arajara throughout the year and showed increased infection rates in July, at the beginning of the dry season. In addition to the relationship with seasonality, lizards with greater body length and/or body mass were more infected. Relationships between number of parasites and body mass and with the sexes of lizards, on the other hand, were not found. Mabuya arajara represents a new host for these nematodes. This study contributes to the knowledge of the helminth fauna associated with the digestive tract of lizards from South America and the Caatinga domain.
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Affiliation(s)
- Arthur do Nascimento Cabral
- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, CEP 50760-420, Brazil. .,Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, CEP 50760-420, Brazil.
| | - Diego Alves Teles
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa-PB, Paraíba, Brazil
| | - Samuel Vieira Brito
- Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA), Chapadinha, MA, CEP 65500-000, Brazil
| | - Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), Crato, CE, Brazil.,Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), Crato, CE, Brazil
| | - Luciano Alves Dos Anjos
- Campus de Ilha Solteira, Faculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira, Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
| | - Míriam Camargo Guarnieri
- Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, PE, CEP 50760-420, Brazil
| | - Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Bioprospecção Molecular, Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), Crato, CE, Brazil.,Instituto de Formação de Educadores, Universidade Federal do Cariri (UFCA), Campus Brejo Santo, CE, CEP 63260-000, Brazil
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