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Table 5 Number and percentage of positive lizards in regard to infestation with different endoparasites

From: Parasites in pet reptiles

SCIENTIFIC NAME OF ENDOPARASITES

(eggs and/or adults)

NUMBER (%) OF POSITIVE

SCIENTIFIC NAME (NUMBER OF LIZARDS)

Oxyurid eggs Figures 9, 10 and 11

(Pharyngodon sp. and other unidentified species)

189 (57.1)

Uromastyx hardwickii (89)

Uromastyx dispar (23)

Iguana iguana (19)

Eublepharis macularius (16)

Uromastyx aegyptia (12)

Physignathus cocincinus (8)

Pogona vitticeps (8)

Laudakia melanura (4)

Agamura persica (2)

Basilicus plumifrons (2)

Gekko gecko (2)

Trapelus agilis (1)

Corucia zebrata (1)

Chamaeleo calyptratus (1)

Teratoscincus scincus (1)

Strongylid eggs

38 (11.8)

Uromastyx hardwickii (27)

Iguana iguana (3)

Laudakia melanura (2)

Eublepharis macularius (2)

Corucia zebrata (1)

Pogona vitticeps (1)

Varanus bengalensis (1)

Varanus niloticus (1)

Nyctotherus sp. Figure 12

33 (10.0)

Uromastyx hardwickii (30)

Uromastyx dispar (3)

Trematod eggs Figure 13

31 (9.4)

Gekko gecko (15)

Eublepharis macularius (7)

Varanus flavescens (4)

Basilicus plumifrons (3)

Varanus bengalensis (1)

Pogona vitticeps (1)*

Ascarid eggs Figures 14 and 16

23 (6.9)

Gekko gecko (15)

Eublepharis macularius (5)

Varanus niloticus (2)

Pogona vitticeps (1)

Pentastomida Figure 17(Raillietiella sp.)

23 (6.9)

Gekko gecko (15)

Varanus flavescens (7)

Varanus bengalensis (1)

Physaloptera sp.

Figures 18, 19 and 20

21 (6.3)

Uromastyx hardwickii (6)

Iguana iguana (4)

Eublepharis macularius (3)

Varanus niloticus (4)

Varanus bengalensis (3)

Gekko gecko (1)

Filarioidea

Figures 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and-27

(Oswaldofilaria sp. (in monitors) and Setaria sp.(in Spiny-tailed Lizards)

18 (5.4)

Varanus niloticus (7)

Uromastyx aegyptia (6)

Varanus bengalensis (3)

Eublepharis macularius (1)

Uromastyx dispar (1)

Cestoda Figures 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37

(Oochoristica sp.)

10 (3.0)

Iguana iguana (6)

Uromastyx dispar (4)

Centrorhynchid Acanthocephala

Figures 38, 39, 40 and 41

9 (2.7)

Varanus niloticus (4)

Uromastyx hardwickii (2)

Varanus bengalensis (2)

Laudakia melanura (1)

Balantidium sp.

8 (2.4)

Iguana iguana (4)

Uromastyx dispar (4)

Cryptosporidium sp.

3 (0.9)

Uromastyx dispar (1)

Uromastyx hardwickii (1)

Eublepharis macularius (1)

Isospora sp. Figure 42

3 (0.9)

Pogona vitticeps (1)

Basilicus plumifrons (1)

Iguana iguana (1)

Eimeria sp. Figure 43

2 (0.6)

Phelsuma dubia (1)

Gekko gecko (1)

Trichomonadidae

(Tetratrichomonas sp.)

2 (0.6)

Phelsuma dubia (1)

Physignathus cocincinus (1)

Capillaria sp.

1 (0.3)

Pogona vitticeps (1)

Heterakidae

(Strongyluris sp.)

1 (0.3)

Corucia zebrata (1)

Strongyloides sp.

1 (0.3)

Varanus bengalensis (1)

Trombiculid mites Figure 44

(Geckobia sp.)

2

Gekko gecko (2)