title: Helminths of reptiles from Komodo and Flores Islands, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new nematode species.
abstract: Helminths were examined from 12 different species of reptiles from Komodo and Flores Islands, Indonesia. Eight species of nematodes and 5 species of cestodes were identified. Spinicauda komodoensis sp. n. (Oxyurata) is characterized by a gubernaculum 295 micronm long. Trichoskrjabinia secundus sp. n. (Trichostrongylidae) differs from T. malayana (Baylis 1933) Travassos 1937, the only other species in the genus, by being shorter overall and having a shorter female esophagus and smaller eggs, spicules, and gubernaculum. Six new host records and 8 new geographical records are listed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D007214:Indonesia; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D009348:Nematoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D012104:Reptiles / Q000469:parasitology*; D012911:Snakes / Q000469:parasitology