Helminth parasites of unisexual and bisexual whiptail lizards (Teiidae) in North America. I. The Colorado checkered whiptail (Cnemidophorus tesselatus).
Eleven of 27 (41%) parthenogenetic Colorado checkered whiptails (Cnemidophorus tesselatus) from four counties of western and southwestern Texas were infected with one or more helminths. These included a linstowiid cestode (Oochoristica sp.), a larval spirurid nematode (Physaloptera sp.) and two species of oxyurid nematodes (Parathelandros texanus and Pharyngodon warneri). This note, the first in a series of reports on helminths of Cnemidophorus spp., represents the first record of parasites from C. tesselatus.
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Renal-Metabolic Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75216.
D000818:Animals; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology