OOCHORISTICA UBELAKERI N-SP (CYCLOPHYLLIDEA, LINSTOWIIDAE) FROM THE SOUTH-AFRICAN ROCK AGAMA, AGAMA-ATRA KNOBELI

Authors
BURSEY CR MCALLISTER CT FREED PS FREED DA
Citation
Cr. Bursey et al., OOCHORISTICA UBELAKERI N-SP (CYCLOPHYLLIDEA, LINSTOWIIDAE) FROM THE SOUTH-AFRICAN ROCK AGAMA, AGAMA-ATRA KNOBELI, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 113(3), 1994, pp. 400-405
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microscopy
Journal title
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00030023
Volume
113
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
400 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-0023(1994)113:3<400:OUN(LF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Five specimens of Oochoristica ubelakeri n. sp. were recovered from th e small intestine of 1 of 5 (20%) Agama atra knobeli from Namibia. Ooc horistica ubelakeri n. sp. is most similar to O. theileri, originally described from the spiny agamid lizard, Agama hispida, in South Africa , but differs by having a much less muscular genital atrium, a lobed o vary, and an oval vitellarium. The new species may be differentiated r eadily from the two other species of Oochoristica from sub-Saharan Afr ican reptiles in that its testes occur in two clusters rather than one . In addition, O. ubelakeri n. sp. was found in 1 of 10 (10%) sand gec kos, Chondrodactylus at angulifer, also from Namibia.