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Submitted by Guilherme Lemeszenski (guilherme@nead.unesp.br) on 2013-08-22T18:42:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 S1519-69842009000400027.pdf: 120656 bytes, checksum: 8c3a48fc99aacb9acc18e6ec10581cda (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2013-08-22T18:42:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 S1519-69842009000400027.pdf: 120656 bytes, checksum: 8c3a48fc99aacb9acc18e6ec10581cda (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-01 Made available in DSpace on 2013-09-30T19:29:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 S1519-69842009000400027.pdf: 120656 bytes, checksum: 8c3a48fc99aacb9acc18e6ec10581cda (MD5) S1519-69842009000400027.pdf.txt: 25784 bytes, checksum: c05d2af5add07efe26e097ac7da6b886 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-01 Submitted by Vitor Silverio Rodrigues (vitorsrodrigues@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2014-05-20T13:52:53Z No. of bitstreams: 2 S1519-69842009000400027.pdf: 120656 bytes, checksum: 8c3a48fc99aacb9acc18e6ec10581cda (MD5) S1519-69842009000400027.pdf.txt: 25784 bytes, checksum: c05d2af5add07efe26e097ac7da6b886 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-20T13:52:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 S1519-69842009000400027.pdf: 120656 bytes, checksum: 8c3a48fc99aacb9acc18e6ec10581cda (MD5) S1519-69842009000400027.pdf.txt: 25784 bytes, checksum: c05d2af5add07efe26e097ac7da6b886 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-01 Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (FUNCAP) Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) Apresentamos dados sobre taxas de infecção pulmonar por parasitas nos lagartos Tropidurus hispidus e T. semitaeniatus que vivem simpatricamente na encosta da Chapada do Araripe, situada na região Nordeste do Brasil. Não encontramos infecção parasitária nos pulmões dos espécimes de T. semitaeniatus. Entretanto, foram encontradas duas espécies de parasitas nos hospedeiros T. hispidus, os pentastomídeos Raillietiella mottae e os nematódeos Rhabdias sp. A prevalência geral de infecção foi de 5%. A prevalência de infecção de R. mottae foi de 2,5% correspondendo a apenas um parasita por hospedeiro. A prevalência de infecção de Rhabdias sp. foi de 2,5% e a amplitude de infecção de 1-2 parasitas por hospedeiros. Esses resultados compreendem o primeiro registro de Rhabdias infectando lagartos da família Tropiduridae em toda a região Neotropical. Apresentamos também uma comparação com os parâmetros de infecção pulmonar por parasitas incluindo os estudos mais recentes no Brasil. We present data on pulmonary infection rates by parasites in the lizards Tropidurus hispidus Spix, 1825 and T. semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) living sympatrically in the Chapada do Araripe mountain Range, northeastern Brazil. We found no parasite pulmonary infection in T. semitaeniatus. However, two pulmonary parasite species were found in the T. hispidus hosts, the pentastomid Raillietiella mottae Almeida, Freire and Lopes, 2008 and the nematode Rhabdias sp. Overall prevalence was 5%. Prevalence of R. mottae was 2.5% and corresponded to only one parasite on each infected host. Prevalence of Rhabdias sp. was 2.5% and the range of infection was 1-2 parasites per host. This represents the first record of Rhabdias infecting lizards of the family Tropiduridae in the Neotropical region. Furthermore, we present a comparison of parameters of infection by pulmonary parasites including some recent studies in Brazil. Universidade Regional do Cariri Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde Departamento de Química Biológica Universidade Federal da Paraíba Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza Laboratório/Coleção de Herpetologia Universidade Estadual Paulista Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres Instituto de Biociências Universidade Estadual Paulista Laboratório de Parasitologia de Animais Silvestres Instituto de Biociências

Raillietiella gigliolii is a Neotropical pentastomid parasite found in Amphisbaena alba. Collections were made in northeastern Brazil in a remnant area of Atlantic Forest (07 masculine 10' S and 35 masculine 05' W) in the municipality of Cruz do Espírito Santo, Paraíba State, and in a Humid Forest area (07 masculine 16' S and 39 masculine 26' W) on the slopes of the Chapada do Araripe Mountains, municipality of Crato, Ceará state, Brazil. Nine specimens of A. alba and 12 of A. vermicularis were collected to gather basic ecological data (prevalence and mean intensity of infection) concerning these parasites. Raillietiella gigliolii was found infecting the lungs of both species. The prevalence for A. alba was 55.5% (5/9), with a mean intensity of infection of 5.0 +/- 2.53 and amplitudes of 1-13. A. vermicularis demonstrated prevalence of 50%, with a mean intensity of infection of 5.3 +/- 2.1 and amplitudes of 1-14. This represents the first record of R. gigliolii as a parasite of A. vermicularis. Our results suggest that R. gigliolii is a generalist parasite species and that an overlapping diet is the determinant factor in the sharing of its final hosts.