Nematode infection in the lizard Bogertia lutzae (Loveridge, 1941) from the Atlantic Forest in north-eastern Brazil.
Endoparasites associated with the small bromelicolous lizard Bogertia lutzae, a poorly studied phyllodactylid inhabitant of north-eastern Brazil, were studied. Fifty-seven specimens collected from the Atlantic Forest of Alagoas state were dissected. Only one species of parasite, the nematode Spauligodon oxkutzcabiensis, was found, with a prevalence of 22.8%. The intensity of infection was 2.62 +/- 1.19, and neither the prevalence nor mean intensity differed between the sexes. There was no correlation between lizard body size and intensity of infection. An aggregated pattern of distribution (D = 0.813) of S. oxkutzcabiensis was found in this lizard host population. Bogertia lutzae represents a new host recorded for S. oxkutzcabiensis, a parasite reported for the first time for Brazil.
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Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Geral e Aplicada, UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Jr., s/n, CEP 18618-000 Botucatu, SP, Brazil. robsonavila@gmail.com
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D009348:Nematoda / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015995:Prevalence; D014197:Trees