SPAULIGODON-PETERSI SP-N AND SPAULIGODON-SMITHI SP-N FROM LIZARDS OF CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH-AFRICA

Authors
BURSEY CR MCALLISTER CT FREED PS
Citation
Cr. Bursey et al., SPAULIGODON-PETERSI SP-N AND SPAULIGODON-SMITHI SP-N FROM LIZARDS OF CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH-AFRICA, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 64(2), 1997, pp. 234-239
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
64
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
234 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1997)64:2<234:SSASSF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Spauligodon petersi sp. n. and Spauligodon smithi sp. n. (Nematoda: Ph aryngodonidae) discovered in the large intestines of Mabuya sulcata an d Pachydactylus bibronii, respectively, are described and illustrated. Mabuya sulcata harbored 45 nematodes, P. bibronii 34. Spauligodon pet ersi and S. smithi are easily separated from the 2 previously describe d Ethiopian species. Males and females of S. petersi have smooth, fili form tails; eggs have truncated ends. Females of S. smithi have spines on a flexible, filiform tails; males have smooth tails; eggs have poi nted ends.