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Table 3 Reptile species investigated within group C (collected directly at the reptile owners domiciles in Switzerland) and respective results obtained by applied two methods

From: Diagnosis of gastrointestinal parasites in reptiles: comparison of two coprological methods

Reptile number/common name

Reptilespecies (scientific name)

CNF

SAF

Direct smears

Flotation

1/leaf-tailed gecko

Uroplatus sp.

NYC, DTR, STSL

STS, EIM, MIL

DTR, STL

2/spur-thighed tortoise

Testudo graeca

TRC

OXY, ENEM

OXY, ENEM

3/north african spiny-tailed lizard

Uromastyx acanthinura

STSL

OXY

OXY

4/plumed basilisk

Basiliscus plumifrons

-

OXY

DTR, OXY

5/mountain horned dragon

Acanthosaura armata

TRC

CAP, HET

CAP

6/ethiopian mountain adder

Bitis parviocula

TRC

OXY, MYO

DTR

7/black-mouthed mamba

Dendroaspis polylepis

-

CAR, SAR

CAR, SAR

8/kuhl's flying gecko

Ptychozoon kuhli

-

ISO, OXY, PEN

PEN

9/chinese water dragon

Physignathus cocincinus

DTR

SPI

DTR, HET

10/leopard gecko

Eublepharis sp.

-

OXY

negative

11/leopard gecko

Eublepharis sp.

DTR

negative

DTR

12/suriname redtail boa

Boa c. constrictor Suriname

-

MYO

STSL, MYO

13/chuckwalla

Sauromalus obesus

-

OXY

BAL, OXY

14/schneider's skink

Eumeces schneideri

-

CEI, OXY, HET

CEI

15/brook's house gecko

Hemidactylus brookii

-

OXY, PEN

EIM, DTR, OXY, PEN

16/jackson's chameleon

Trioceros jacksonii

-

CEI, HET

DTR

17/desert horned viper

Cerastes cerastes

-

OXYN

HYN

18/water monitor

Varanus salvator

-

OXYN

negative

19/malayan pit viper

Calloselasma rhodostoma

-

MYO

STL, MYO

  1. -: no detection of flagellates, ciliates, amoebae, tapeworm/trematode eggs and nematode larvae; summary of result codes in alphabetical order: see Table 1.