| 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 |
| prevalence and diversity of hepatozoon in native and exotic geckos from brazil. | hepatozoon is a genus of hemogregarines constituting the most widespread and common reptile hemoparasite. although various molecular assessments of these parasites have been conducted in lizards from africa and europe, similar studies are needed for south american lizards. through amplification and sequencing of fragments of the 18s rrna gene, we assess the prevalence of hepatozoon parasites in 230 geckos from south america, including the endemic species hemidactylus agrius, hemidactylus brasili ... | 2015 | 25169765 |
| description of the egg and larva of raillietiella mottae (pentastomida: raillietiellidae). | in the current study, the structural characteristics of the egg and larva of the pentastomid raillietiella mottae (almeida, freire, & lopes 2008), are described and compared with those of other pentastomids. the eggs and larvae were obtained from lizards phyllopezus periosus (rodrigues 1986) and phyllopezus pollicaris (spix 1825) which were collected in the environmental protection area of cachoeira de missão velha, ceará state, northeastern brazil (7° 13' s; 39° 08' w). following collection, th ... | 2020 | 32855614 |