The helminth fauna of Apathya cappadocica (Werner, 1902) (Anatolian Lizard) (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Turkey

Abstract

SummaryA total of thirty-one Anatolian Lizard, Apathya cappacocica, samples from several provinces of Eastern and South-Eastern Turkey were examined for helminths. Two species of Nematoda, including Spauligodon atlanticus, Skrjabinodon medinae; two species of Cestoda, including Mesocestoides sp. tetrahydia and Oochoristica tuberculata and one species of Acanthocephala, Centrorhynchus sp. were found. This is the fi rst helminth record of A. cappodocica from Turkey. A. cappadocica represents a new host record for each of the parasite species. S. atlanticus is reported from Turkey for the fi rst time.

Helminth fauna of Lebanon Lizard,Phoenicolacerta laevis(Gray, 1838), (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Southern Turkey

“…aegyptiacus from Chalcides ocellatus (Incedogan et al, 2014). This species was reported from Apathya cappadocica (Birlik et al, 2015). This is the third report for Sk.…”

“…Cestoidea Cyclophyllidea: Anoplocephalidae Oochoristica tuberculata (Rudolphi, 1819) Lühe, 1898 In our study, this species was observed in only two hosts (6%). This species was reported from Paralaudakia caucasia (Yıldırım-han et al, 2006), Lacerta trilineata (Yıldırımhan et al, 2011), Chalcides ocellatus (Incedogan et al, 2014) and Apathya cappadocica (Birlik et al, 2015) from several localities in Turkey. This report is the fi fth for O. tuberculata from reptiles in Turkey.…”

“…The second report was Anatolalacerta danfordi from (Gürelli et al, 2007). The third report was Apathya cappadocica from Turkey (Birlik et al, 2015). P. laevis represents new host record for tetrathyridia of Mesocestoides.…”

“…There are some helminth parasite studies in Turkey especially for lacertid lizards. These species are European Green Lizard, Lacerta viridis (Schad et al, 1960); Crimean Wall Lizard Podarcis tauricus (Schad et al, 1960); Dwarf Lizard, Parvilacerta parva (Saygı & Olgun, 1993); Danford's Lizard, Anatololacerta danfordi (Gürelli et al, 2007), Balkan Emerald Lizard, Lacerta trilineata (Yıldırımhan et al, 2011); Pleske's Racerunner-Transcaucasian Racerunner, Eremias pleskei, Strauch's Rac-erunner, Eremias strauchi, Suphan Racerunner, Eremias suphani (Düsen et al 2013), Anatolian Lizard, Apathya cappadocica, (Birlik et al, 2015), Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Darevskia rudis (Roca et al, 2015a), and Uzzel's lizard Darevskia uzzelli, Bendimahi Lizard D. bendimahiensis and Van Lizard D. sapphirina (Roca et al, 2015b). Lebanon lizard Phoenicolacerta laevis occurs in southern and western Turkey (Vilayets Hatay, Adana, Mersin, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye, Antalya, Muğla and İzmir), western Syria, throughout Lebanon (where widespread, including on Palm Island), northern Israel and northwestern Jordan (Ilgaz et al, 2016).…”

Helminth fauna of Spiny Tailed Lizard,Darevskia rudis(Bedriaga, 1886) (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Turkey

“…The species which have been studied for their helminth fauna are: Lacerta viridis (Schad et al, 1960), Podarcis tauricus (Schad et al, 1960), Parvilacerta parva (Saygı & Olgun, 1993), Anatololacerta danfordi (Gürelli et al, 2007), Lacerta trilineata (Yıldırımhan et al, 2011), Eremias pleskei, E. strauchi , E. suphani (Düsen et al . 2013), Apathya cappadocica (Birlik et al, 2015), Darevskia rudis (Roca et al, 2015a), Darevskia uzzelli , D . bendimahiensis and D .…”