| infection of hexametra angusticaecoides chabaud & brygoo, 1960 (nematoda: ascarididae) in a population of captive crested geckoes, correlophus ciliatus guichenot (reptilia: diplodactylidae). | here we report on the infection of captive crested geckos correlophus ciliatus guichenot (reptilia: diplodactylidae), with adults of the ascaridoid nematode, hexametra angusticaecoides chabaud & brygoo, 1960 (ascarididae). a population of captive crested geckoes became ill and died within a short period of time. nematodes were recovered from the crested geckoes examined from within the coelomic cavity, penetrating various organs and migrating through subcutaneous tissues, as well as emerging thr ... | 2020 | 32046802 |
| two new species of coccidia (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from leaf-tailed geckos, uroplatus spp. (sauria: gekkonidae) from madagascar, including a new host of eimeria brygooi upton & barnard, 1987. | during may and june 2015, four common leaf-tailed geckos, uroplatus fimbriatus (schneider), five satanic leaf-tailed geckos, uroplatus phantasticus (boulenger), and four mossy leaf-tailed geckos, uroplatus sikorae boettger originally collected from madagascar and housed at the dallas zoo, usa, had their faeces examined for coccidian parasites. eight (62%) geckos were found to be passing oöcysts, including a new eimerian, a new isosporan and a previously described eimerian. three of four (75%) u. ... | 2016 | 27638735 |