NONPROLIFEROUS TETRATHYRIDIA OF MESOCESTOIDES SP (EUCESTODA, MESOCESTOIDIDEA) IN PTENOPUS-GARRULUS-MACULATUS (SAURIA, GEKKONIDAE) FROM NAMIBIA, SOUTH-WEST-AFRICA, WITH A SUMMARY OF THE GENUS FROM OLD-WORLD LIZARDS

Authors
MCALLISTER CT BAUER AM RUSSELL AP
Citation
Ct. Mcallister et al., NONPROLIFEROUS TETRATHYRIDIA OF MESOCESTOIDES SP (EUCESTODA, MESOCESTOIDIDEA) IN PTENOPUS-GARRULUS-MACULATUS (SAURIA, GEKKONIDAE) FROM NAMIBIA, SOUTH-WEST-AFRICA, WITH A SUMMARY OF THE GENUS FROM OLD-WORLD LIZARDS, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 62(1), 1995, pp. 94-98
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
94 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1995)62:1<94:NTOMS(>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A new host and geographic distribution record is reported for tetrathy ridia of Mesocestoides sp. in 1 of 12 (8%) specimens of barking geckos , Ptenopus garrulus maculatus, from Namibia, South West Africa. The in fected host had numerous tetrathyridia encapsulated in the liver and m esenteries. Further examination failed to demonstrate morphological fe atures indicative of asexual proliferation in these tetrathyridia. A s ummary is provided of the Old World lizards thought to be hosts of tet rathyridia of Mesocestoides sp.