| new species of parapharyngodon (nematoda: pharyngodonidae) in phymaturus spp. (iguania: liolaemidae) from argentina. | parapharyngodon sanjuanensis sp. nov. (nematoda: pharyngodonidae) from the large intestines of phymaturus punae and phymaturus williamsi (squamata: liolaemidae) from province of san juan, argentina, is described and illustrated. parapharyngodon sanjuanensis sp. nov. is the 54th species assigned to the genus and the 8th from the neotropical region. it differs from other species in the genus in that males possess 8 caudal papillae, 6 of which are large and pedunculate, 2 are small, almost inconspi ... | 2016 | 27447208 |
| description of new andean species of the genus phymaturus (iguania: liolaemidae) from northwestern argentina. | as a result of several field trips and studies of collections of phymaturus samples from andean areas of central western argentina (san juan province), we discovered two populations that exhibit a particular character combination not seen in other species formally recognized in the literature. based on a detailed analysis of an extended list of morphological characters (93), including scalation, color pattern, gular and nuchal folds, precloacal pores, and morphometric data, we conclude that thes ... | 2013 | 25250441 |
| gut microbial ecology of lizards: insights into diversity in the wild, effects of captivity, variation across gut regions and transmission. | animals maintain complex associations with a diverse microbiota living in their guts. our understanding of the ecology of these associations is extremely limited in reptiles. here, we report an in-depth study into the microbial ecology of gut communities in three syntopic and viviparous lizard species (two omnivores: liolaemus parvus and liolaemus ruibali and an herbivore: phymaturus williamsi). using 16s rrna gene sequencing to inventory various bacterial communities, we elucidate four major fi ... | 2017 | 27862531 |