Helminths of reptiles from Komodo and Flores Islands, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new nematode species.
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.
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