| urotrema shirleyae n. sp. (trematoda: digenea: urotrematidae) in norops oxylophus and n. cupreus (squamata: iguania: polychrotidae) from the area de conservación guanacaste, costa rica. | a new species of urotrema inhabits norops oxylophus and norops cupreus from the area de conservación guanacaste, costa rica. the new species is most similar to urotrema scabridum but differs by having a relatively longer esophagus, at least 10% of the total body length versus 4-8% in u. scabridum; an oral sucker width: ventral sucker width ratio less than 1 : 1 (averaging 1 : 0.76) versus 1 : 1 or greater; an oral sucker width : pharyngeal width ratio less than 1 : 0.5 (averaging 1 : 0.42) versu ... | 2005 | 16108560 |
| parallopharynxs pp. (trematoda: digenea: plagiorchioidea) in iguanian lizards from the area de conservación guanacaste, guanacaste, costa rica, including parallopharynx matternae n. sp. in chaetodon basiliscus (squamata: iguania: corytophanidae). | we report 3 species of the digenean genus parallopharynx, 1 previously undescribed, from the area de conservación guanacaste (acg) in northwestern costa rica. parallopharynx gonzalezi, which was originally described in basiliscus sp. and ctenosoura similis from central costa rica, inhabits c. quinquecarinata; p. jonesi, originally described in anolis lionotus (syn. norops oxylophus) from nicaragua, inhabits n. oxylophus, n. biporcatus, and basiliscus basiliscus; and the new species, which inhabi ... | 2004 | 15165060 |