PARASITISM IN TWO SPECIES OF LIZARDS OF THE GENUS LIOLAEMUS (WIEGMANN, 1834) FROM THE PUNA ARGENTINA

CASTILLO, GABRIEL NATALIO; JUAN C. ACOSTA

Neotropical Helminthology

Asociación Peruana de Helmintología e Invertebrados Afines

Año: 2019 vol. 13 p. 89 - 95

1995-1043

Studies about nematodes in lizards from Argentina are scarce. Approximately 158 species of Liolaemus (Wiegmann, 1834) have been mentioned from Argentina. Nonetheless, approximately 15 species of Liolaemus have been indicated some parasitological study. Due to its being poorly known, we studied gastrointestinal contents in two lizards species, Liolaemus parvus (Quinteros, Abdala, Díaz Gómez, & Scrocchi, 2008) and Liolaemus ruibali (Donoso- Barros, 1961). Female nematodes Parapharyngodon sp. (Chatterji, 1933) was determined in the stomach area. We mentioned the first records of this parasite in these lizards in Don Carmelo locality, San Juan, Argentina. We make an important contribution to parasitic knowledge for lizards of the genus Liolaemusin Argentina.