10.6084/m9.figshare.5667400.v1 Vandeberg F. Lima Vandeberg F. Lima Samuel V. Brito Samuel V. Brito João A. Araujo Filho João A. Araujo Filho Diêgo A. Teles Diêgo A. Teles Samuel C. Ribeiro Samuel C. Ribeiro Adonias A. M. Teixeira Adonias A. M. Teixeira Antonio M. A. Pereira Antonio M. A. Pereira Waltécio O. Almeida Waltécio O. Almeida Helminth parasites of Phyllodactylidae and Gekkonidae lizards in a Caatinga ecological station, northeastern Brazil SciELO journals 2017 Squamata Nematoda Cestoda geckos semiarid 2017-12-05 09:10:34 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Helminth_parasites_of_Phyllodactylidae_and_Gekkonidae_lizards_in_a_Caatinga_ecological_station_northeastern_Brazil/5667400 <div><p>Abstract We investigated the parasites of five lizard species belonging to Phyllodactylidae (Phyllopezus pollicaris and Gymnodactylus geckoides) and Gekkonidae (Hemidactylus agrius, Lygodactylus klugei and Hemidactylus brasilianus) families in a semiarid region of Brazil. Six nematode species were identified: Parapharyngodon alvarengai and Spauligodon oxkutzcabiensis (Pharyngodonidae), Physaloptera lutzi (Physalopteridae), Skrjabinelazia intermedia (Seuratidae), Trichospirura sp. (Rhabdochonidae) and Piratuba sp. (Onchocercidae), and a cestode species, Oochoristica sp. (Linstowiidae). The most prevalent species were Spauligodon oxkutzcabiensis, which infected P. pollicaris (75%), and Parapharyngodon alvarengai, which infected G. geckoides (29%). South American lizards were identified as being new hosts for the Trichospirura genus (a usual parasite of mammals), and there were 16 new occurrences of parasite species in the five lizard species studied herein.</p></div>