Rseudosonsinotrema chameleon [Dolfus, 1951] recovered from the Egyptian chameleons [Chamaeloeo basiliscus]

ABSTRACT

Autopsies of 16 chamaeleons [Chamaeleo basiliscus], collected from various localities of Behaira Governorate, Egypt, during the summer of 1986, revealed the presence of a trematode belonging to Superfamily Lecithodendriidae, Family Pleurogenetinae, Genus Pseudosonsinotrema and the species Pseudosonsinotrema chamacleonis [Dollfus, 1951]. Full description of that parasite is given. Indeed, that worm is not previously recorded among chamaeleons or any other related hosts in Egypt