| prevalence and diversity of hepatozoon in native and exotic geckos from brazil. | hepatozoon is a genus of hemogregarines constituting the most widespread and common reptile hemoparasite. although various molecular assessments of these parasites have been conducted in lizards from africa and europe, similar studies are needed for south american lizards. through amplification and sequencing of fragments of the 18s rrna gene, we assess the prevalence of hepatozoon parasites in 230 geckos from south america, including the endemic species hemidactylus agrius, hemidactylus brasili ... | 2015 | 25169765 |
| raillietiella mottae (pentastomida: raillietiellidae) parasitizing four species of gekkota lizards (gekkonidae and phyllodactylidae) in the brazilian caatinga. | we tested the role of sex, size, and mass of the lizards phyllopezus pollicaris, gymnodactylus geckoides, hemidactylus agrius, lygodactylus klugei, and hemidactylus brasilianus on the rates of pentastomid infection in the brazilian caatinga. we collected 355 individuals of these five species, of which four (prevalence of infection: p. pollicaris 15.9 %, g. geckoides 1.4 %, h. agrius 28.57 %, and h. brasilianus 4.16 %) were infected by raillietiella mottae. parasite abundance was influenced by ho ... | 2018 | 31662640 |