Research Note Gastrointestinal Helminths of Gekkonid Lizards (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the Philippine Islands and Thailand

摘要

The gastrointestinal tracts of 4 species of gekkonid lizards from the Philippine Islands, Cosymbotus platyurus, Gehyra mutilata, Hemidactylus frenatus, and Lepidodactylus aureolineatus, and 4 species of gekkonid lizards from Thailand, Cosymbotus platyurus, Hemidactylus frenatus, Hemidactylus garnotii, and Hemiphyllodactylus typus were examined for helminths. One species of cestode, Oochoristica javaen-sis, and 2 species of nematodes, Skrjabinelazia mach-idai and Spauligodon hemidactylus, were found in Philippine lizards One species of trematode, Postorchigenes ovatus, 1 species of cestode, Oochoristica javaensis, and 2 species of nematodes, Parapharyngo-don maplestoni and Spauligodon hemidactylus, were found in lizards from Thailand. Three new host records and 5 new locality records are reported The occurrence of Skrjabinodon dossae, a nematode parasite of lizards of Madagascar, is invalidated for the Philippine Islands.