title: Intestinal helminths of four species of skinks (Mabuya) (Sauria: Scincidae) from southern Africa.
abstract: Intestinal helminths are reported from four species of scincid lizards from southern Africa: Mabuya occidentalis, Mabuya spilogaster, Mabuya striata and Mabuya variegata. The helminth fauna consisted of one species of Cestoda, Oochoristica truncata and five species of Nematoda, Abbreviata paradoxa, Maxvachonia dimorpha, Parapharyngodon rotundatus, Spauligodon petersi and Thubunaea fitzsimonsi. All findings represent new host records. Ascarid larvae were also found. It appears that Mabuya is infected by generalist helminths that occur in other species of African lizards.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Whittier College, California 90608, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bursey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D009348:Nematoda; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology