Helminth parasites of unisexual and bisexual whiptail lizards (Teiidae) in North America. III. The Chihuahuan spotted whiptail (Cnemidophorus exsanguis).
Twenty-four of 87 (28%) parthenogenetic Chihuahuan spotted whiptails (Cnemidophorus exsanguis) from nine counties of New Mexico and seven counties of Texas were infected with one or more endoparasites. These included a linstowiid cestode (Oochoristica bivitellobata) in seven (8%), a larval spirurid nematode (Physaloptera sp.) in nine (10%) and an oxyurid nematode (Pharyngodon warneri) in 10 (11%). This note, the third in a series of reports on helminths of Cnemidophorus spp., documents parasites in C. exsanguis for the first time.
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Renal-Metabolic Lab, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75216.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D009516:New Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology