| prevalence and intensity of infection by raillietiella gigliolii hett, 1924 (pentastomida) in amphisbaena alba linnaeus, 1758 and a. vermicularis wagler, 1824 (amphisbaenidae) from northeastern brazil. | raillietiella gigliolii is a neotropical pentastomid parasite found in amphisbaena alba. collections were made in northeastern brazil in a remnant area of atlantic forest (07 masculine 10' s and 35 masculine 05' w) in the municipality of cruz do espírito santo, paraíba state, and in a humid forest area (07 masculine 16' s and 39 masculine 26' w) on the slopes of the chapada do araripe mountains, municipality of crato, ceará state, brazil. nine specimens of a. alba and 12 of a. vermicularis were ... | 2009 | 19967191 |
| rates of pulmonary infection by pentastomids in lizards species from a restinga habitat in northeastern brazil. | pulmonary parasitism by pentastomids was examined in two lizard species inhabiting an area of restinga vegetation (coastal sand dunes) situated in the municipality of mataraca (6 degrees 29' s and 34 degrees 56' w), on the extreme northern coast of paraíba state, brazil. a total of 123 lizards were collected, being 75 specimens of micrablepharus maximiliani (gymnophtalmidae) and 48 specimens of cnemidophorus ocellifer (teiidae). only a single species of pentastomida (raillietiella mottae) was fo ... | 2009 | 19347165 |
| 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 |
| pentastomid, raillietiella mottae almeida, freire and lopes, 2008, infecting lizards in an area of caatinga, northeast, brazil. | pentastomids can infect the respiratory tract of lizards, causing their death and as a result influencing the population size of hosts. despite this, studies on rates of pulmonary infection of brazilian lizards, including those living in caatinga ecosystems of northeastern brazil are scarce. active collections of lizards were performed from october to december 2004 in an area of caatinga of the estação experimental de são joão do cariri -- eesjc (07 masculine 25' s and 36 masculine 30' w), locat ... | 2008 | 18660975 |