Gastrointestinal Helminths in Two Allopatric Sibling Species of Swamp Skink, Lissolepis coventryi and Lissolepis luctuosus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Southeastern and Southwestern Australia, with Descriptions of Three New Species of Nematode.

The article presents a study which investigates the gastrointestinal nematode fauna of Lissolepis coventryi and Lissolepis luctuosus in Australia using preserved museum lizards. A description of the three new found species is presented. It states that these semi-aquatic hosts originated from a cool and damp environment. Further, the similarities of the two species of Spincauda indicated their common ancestry. It also mentions that cestode Oochoristica vacuolata recovered from L. coventryi.