| helminth parasites of the mediterranean gecko, hemidactylus turcicus (sauria: gekkonidae), from texas, united states with a summary of helminths of this host. | one hundred-thirty six mediterranean geckos, hemidactylus turcicus, were collected between december 1986 and march 2016 in hardin (n = 7), harris (n = 57), and tom green (n = 72) counties, texas, usa., and examined for helminth parasites. fifty-two h. turcicus (38%) were infected with at least one helminth species. found were a trematode, mesocoelium meggitti, three cestodes, mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridia), oochoristica ameivae and oochoristica scelopori, and four nematodes, cosmocercoides va ... | 2016 | 27447223 |
| a new species of oochoristica (cyclophyllidea: linstowiidae) from non-native mediterranean geckos, hemidactylus turcicus (sauria: gekkonidae), from texas, usa. | a new species of cyclophyllidean tapeworm, oochoristica harschi sp. nov. is described from 2 of 18 (11%) non-native mediterranean geckos (hemidactylus turcicus) collected in june 2016 from tom green county, texas, usa the new species has few characteristics in common with 17 species of oochoristica previously described from nearctic reptiles. of this group, o. harschi is most similar to o. macallisteri bursey and goldberg, 1996 from the side-blotched lizard, uta stansburiana from arizona and cal ... | 2017 | 28426409 |