| prevalence and intensity of pentastomid infection in two species of snakes from northeastern brazil. | this study aimed to evaluate the infection rates of snakes by pentastomids in the semi-arid region of brazil. fifteen snakes (four micrurus ibiboboca (merrem, 1820) and eleven philodryas nattereri steindachner, 1870) were collected between january and april of 2005, in the municipality of crato (07 degrees 14' s and 39 degrees 24' w), state of ceará, brazil. laboratorial analysis of the respiratory tracts of the sampled snakes indicated differences in host infection rates: four individuals of p. ... | 2007 | 18278332 |
| a new species of pentastomida infecting tropidurus hispidus (squamata: tropiduridae) from caatinga in northeastern brazil. | this article describes a new species of brazilian raillietiella sambon, 1910 from lungs of tropidurus hispidus (spix, 1825). between july and october 2005 eighteen specimens of t. hispidus were actively captured with elastic rubber slings in granite outcrops (lajeiros) (06 degrees 59' s and 39 degrees 31' w) from caatinga formations in the municipality of farias brito, state of ceará, northeastern brazil. one female and one male of t. hispidus had lungs infected by raillietiella mottae sp. nov. ... | 2008 | 18470398 |
| pentastomids infecting an invader lizard, hemidactylus mabouia (gekkonidae) in northeastern brazil. | from january to april 2006, 37 specimens of hemidactylus mabouia were collected in houses, in the municipality of barbalha (7 degrees 20' s and 39 degrees 18' w), ceará state, northeast brazil. among the individuals captured, 17 were infected with pentastomids, totalling a prevalence of 45.9%, which did not differ between sexes. host size did not influence the infection intensity. two species of pentastomids were found: raillietiella frenatus and r. mottae. the prevalence of r. frenatus (43.2%) ... | 2008 | 18833483 |
| 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 |