Reptiles, as well as other vertebrate groups, harbour a significant diversity of parasitic
organisms, from nematodes and other helminths to viruses and bacteria. The Northeast is …

Background High-altitude ecosystems are extreme environments that generate specific
physiological, morphological, and behavioral adaptations in ectotherms. The shifts in gut …

Historically, amphibian parasites have been poorly represented in ecological studies,
hence, we know little about their diversity, distribution, and role in biological communities …

The first integrative approach using sequences of two genes (18S and 28S rRNA) plus
morphological and life history traits, was explored in Pharyngodonidae nematodes parasitic …

Despite the advances of molecular tools, new nematode species are still described mainly
based on morphological characters. Parapharyngodon and Thelandros are two genera of …

The richness of metazoan endoparasites associated with 25 anuran species from a
transitional area between Cerrado and Atlantic Rain Forest from Brazil is here presented …

Currently, 56 species of Parapharyngodon are known, with only 12 reported from the
Neotropical realm. Parapharyngodon pereiramendoi sp. n. is described herein from the host …

Abstract One species of Parapharyngodon Chatterji (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae),
parasitizing the large intestine of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix)(Squamata: Tropiduridae) in …

Parapharyngodon spp. are nematodes parasites of amphibian and reptiles worldwide
distributed. Of 55 valid species, only 11 are known for the Neotropical realm, and six were …

Strongyluris oscari, parasite of Topidurus torquatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)(Tropiduridae)
from Brazil and Pharyngodon mamillatus (Linstow, 1897) of Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal …