Parasitological studies of the lizard, ludakia stellio in arish, north Sinai governorate, Egypt

ABSTRACT

In the lizard, Laudakia stellio, the gastrointestinal tract harboured four helminthic-parasites two nematodes Spauligodon auziensis [Seurate, 1917] Paraparyngodon hulbosus [Linstow, 1 897], two larval stages of nematode, and one cestode, Oochoristica sp. [Kennedy et al., 1982]. The total infection rate of L. stellio was 93%. Out of 45 L. stellio examined, 42 were infected with number of parasites ranged from 0-72 and mean intensity 11.57. Parasites burden on their host populations was highly aggregated with k value was 0.01. No significant correlation was found between host weight and intensity of infection. The histopathological impact of infection was examined indicating the tissue reaction against the parasite at the site of attachment