Subulura lacertilia sp.n. (Nematoda, Subuluridae) parasitizing the Brazilian lizard Tropidurus nanuzae Rodrigues (Lacertilia, Tropiduridae)

Subulura lacertilia sp.n. (Nematoda, Subuluridae) parasitizing the Brazilian lizard Tropidurus nanuzae Rodrigues (Lacertilia, Tropiduridae)

J. Julio Vicente^I,IV; Monique Van Sluys^II,IV; Angelica F. Fontes^II,V; Mara Cintia Kiefer^III,VI

^IDepartamento de Helmintologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Avenida Brasil 4365, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

^IISetor de Ecologia, DBAV, IBRAG, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Rua São Francisco Xavier 524, 20550-900 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

^IIIDepartamento de Zoologia, Intituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Caixa Postal 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

^IVBolsa de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq

^VBolsa de Iniciação Científica do PIBIC/UERJ

^VIBolsa de Doutorado/CNPq

ABSTRACT

This report deals with the identification of samples of nematodes recovered from Tropidurus nanuzae Rodrigues, 1981, with the description of a new species, and is a part of a major study on helminth parasites of reptiles in Brazil, taking into account previous data on this subject. The main approach is that referring to the first occurrence of subulurid nematodes in a reptilian host, since they have been assigned previously to birds and mammals.

Key words: Nematode, Subulura, Tropidurus, lizard, Brazil

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. To Dr. R. Magalhães Pinto, Department of Helminthology/IOC, for providing the "en face" mountings, suggestions and critical review of the text. This study was partially supported by a research grant from CNPq (400339/97-8) to MVS. Vinicius B. Assis for helping in the field work.

______. 1992. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Development and Transmission. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International, Wallingford, UK, 578p.

Recebido em 07.XII.1999; aceito em 13.XII.2000.

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  30 Apr 2009
• Date of issue
  Dec 2000

History

• Accepted
  13 Dec 2000
• Received
  07 Dec 1999