| new species of allopharynx (digenea: plagiorchiidae) and other helminths in uranoscodon superciliosus (squamata: tropiduridae) from amazonian brazil. | allopharynx daileyi n. sp. (digenea: plagiorchiidae) from the small intestine of the tropidurid lizard uranoscodon superciliosus from amazonian brazil is described and illustrated. of the 11 currently recognized species of allopharynx, we consider allopharynx megorchis simha, 1961 a synonym of allopharynx mehrai (gogate, 1935) price 1938 and allopharynx puertoricensis acholonu, 1976 a synonym of allopharynx riopedrensis garcia-diaz; thus, a. daileyi becomes the 10th species assigned to the genus ... | 2005 | 16539022 |
| wildlife species, ixodid fauna and new host records for ticks in an amazon forest area, rondônia, brazil. | the objective of this work was to evaluate the diversity of ticks associated with free-living animals and to investigate new host records for ticks. ticks were collected from animals rescued during the flood of the jamari river in the municipality of ariquemes, state of rondônia, north region of brazil. a total of 39 animals were captured, out of which 10 were amphibians, 19 were reptiles and 10 were mammals. a total of 127 ticks of the amblyomma genus were collected from these animals, distribu ... | 2019 | 29846452 |
| under the light: high prevalence of haemoparasites in lizards (reptilia: squamata) from central amazonia revealed by microscopy. | blood samples from 330 lizards of 19 species were collected to investigate the occurrence of haemoparasites. samplings were performed in areas of upland (terra-firme) forest adjacent to manaus municipality, amazonas, brazil. blood parasites were detected in 220 (66%) lizards of 12 species and comprised four major groups: apicomplexa (including haemogregarines, piroplasms, and haemosporidians), trypanosomatids, microfilarid nematodes and viral or bacterial organisms. order haemosporida had the hi ... | 2020 | 32696845 |