| infection rates of pentastomids on lizards in urban habitats in the brazilian northeast. | the rates of pentastomid infections in the syntopic lizards hemidactylus mabouia and tropidurus hispidus inhabiting buildings at the federal university of paraiba, in joão pessoa, ne brazil were examined. a total of 30 specimens of hemidactylus mabouia and 55 specimens of tropidurus hispidus were examined. the animals were sacrificed by freezing and then fixed and conserved in 70% alcohol. analyses of the respiratory tract of hemidactylus mabouia demonstrated that these lizards were infected by ... | 2008 | 19197509 |