Physiological Status Drives Metabolic Rate in Mediterranean Geckos Infected with Pentastomes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Negative effects of parasites on their hosts are well documented, but the proximate mechanisms by which parasites reduce their host's fitness are poorly understood.
Isabel C Caballero +5 more
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The things they carried: The pathogenic effects of old and new parasites following the intercontinental invasion of the Australian cane toad (Rhinella marina) [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017 Brought to Australia in 1935 to control agricultural pests (from French Guiana, via Martinique, Barbados, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Hawai'i), repeated stepwise translocations of small numbers of founders enabled the cane toad (Rhinella marina) to escape ...
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First report of Raillietiella mottae (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) infecting Rhinella diptycha (Anura, Bufonidae) in the Brazilian Northeast [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 A. E. S. Lima +4 more
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Raillietiella mottae (Pentastomida: Raillietiellidae) infecting Ameiva ameiva (Squamata: Teiidae) in Araripe Plateau, Northeast Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2018 We investigated the infection by pulmonary parasites in the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) inhabiting the Environmental Protection Area of Araripe (APA-Araripe).
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Helminths infecting the cat-eyed snake Leptodeira annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a semiarid region of Brazil [PDF]
Helminthologia, 2018 Snakes have diverse feeding and living habits, being exposed to a variety of endoparasite communities. However, more studies are still necessary to document these relationships.
Fernandes De Carvalho E. F. +6 more
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Pentastomid infection in Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870 and Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824) (Squamata: Colubridae) in a caatinga of northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyThe relationship between pentastomids and two Colubridae species, Phillodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870 and Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824), were investigated in the federal government’s reserve Estação Ecológica do Seridó (ESEC, Seridó) situated at ...
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Prevalence and intensity of infection by Raillietiella gigliolii Hett, 1924 (Pentastomida) in Amphisbaena alba Linnaeus, 1758 and A. vermicularis Wagler, 1824 (Amphisbaenidae) from Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyRaillietiella gigliolii is a Neotropical pentastomid parasite found in Amphisbaena alba. Collections were made in northeastern Brazil in a remnant area of Atlantic Forest (07º 10' S and 35º 05' W) in the municipality of Cruz do Espírito Santo, Paraíba ...
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Infection rates of pentastomids on lizards in urban habitats in the Brazilian northeast Níveis de infecção por pentastomídeos em lagartos de habitats urbanos no nordeste brasileiro [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2008 The rates of pentastomid infections in the syntopic lizards Hemidactylus mabouia and Tropidurus hispidus inhabiting buildings at the Federal University of Paraiba, in João Pessoa, NE Brazil were examined.
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Prevalence and intensity of pentastomid infection in two species of snakes from northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyThis study aimed to evaluate the infection rates of snakes by pentastomids in the semi-arid region of Brazil. Fifteen snakes (four Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) and eleven Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870) were collected between January and ...
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Rates of pulmonary infection by pentastomids in lizards species from a restinga habitat in northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of BiologyPulmonary parasitism by pentastomids was examined in two lizard species inhabiting an area of restinga vegetation (coastal sand dunes) situated in the municipality of Mataraca (6° 29' S and 34° 56' W), on the extreme northern coast of Paraíba State ...
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