Host-parasite relationships of Zootoca vivipara (Sauria : Lacertidae) in the Pyrenees (North Spain)

Citation
V. Sanchis et al., Host-parasite relationships of Zootoca vivipara (Sauria : Lacertidae) in the Pyrenees (North Spain), FOL PARASIT, 47(2), 2000, pp. 118-122
Citations number
30
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA
ISSN journal
0015-5683 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
118 - 122
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5683(2000)47:2<118:HROZV(>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The helminths infesting the common lizard, Zootoca vivipara (Jacquin, 1787) , were studied with special attention to the relations between the number o f nematodes, Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Goeze,1782), and the size, sex and a ge class of the host. The possible seasonality of the parasite intensity an d the relationship with the feeding habits of the host were also tested. He lminth infracommunities of Z. vivipara were depauperate with lizards harbou ring only two species, the trematode Plagiorchis molini (Lent et Freitas, 1 940) and the nematode O. filiformis. A positive correlation between host si ze and the number of O. filiformis was found for female Z. vivipara. Howeve r, no correlation was detected between intensity and sex or age class. The feeding habits of Z. vivipara, the isolation of the population studied and the low level of interaction with other reptilian or amphibian species are suggested as the causes of the depauperate helminth infracommunities found in this lacertid lizard.