[Spread of hemoparasites in reptiles and amphibians in Italy].
Hemoparasites were harvested from 993 individuals belonging to 15 reptilian and 1 amphibian species, from various Italian localities. Hemogregarins were found in 10 reptilian species while a flagellate and microfilariae were found only in Tarentola mauritanica from Lampedusa. For each host species and place of origin the frequencies of hemogregarins are reported and discussed. Longitudinal studies with periodical thin smears were carried out on 5 Tarentola mauritanica, 4 Lacerta viridis, 26 Podarcis filfolensis, 10 Podarcis muralis, 38 Podarcis sicula, 8 Chalcides ocellatus. This material, whose study has not yet been completed, is made available by the author who strongly encourages further investigations on this subject.
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D000818:Animals; D002025:Bufonidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D017812:Colubridae / Q000469:parasitology; D007558:Italy; D012104:Reptiles / Q000469:parasitology*
Sulla diffusione di emoparassiti in rettili e anfibi in Italia.