title: The helminth community of the skink Chalcides sexlineatus from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands).
abstract: A survey of the gastrointestinal helminth communities of a population of Chalcides sexlineatus Steindachner, a small skink endemic to Gran Canaria island (Canary Archipelago, Spain), was conducted to determine the prevalence, abundance and species diversity of intestinal parasites in these reptiles. Only three parasite species were found, one cestode, Oochoristica agamae Baylis, 1919 and two nematodes, Parapharyngodon micipsae (Seurat, 1917) and Pharyngodonidae gen. sp. Helminth infracommunities of C. sexlineatus showed low values of abundance and species richness and diversity, being more similar to the helminth community of Tarentola boettgeri boettgeri (Steindachner) rather than those of Gallotia stehlini (Schenkel), both syntopic with the sampled host.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Zoologia, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner, 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain. vicente.roca@uv.es
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roca
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Carretero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Reina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D043344:Chordata / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain