Charles Bursey

• Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University

We publish new host records from three species of Leptobrachella from Borneo

We report the helminths Aplectana samarensis and Pseudoacanthorhynchus nickoli in the frog Pulchrana grandocula

Thirty-eight individuals of Anatololacerta anatolica (Werner, 1902) (17 males, 20 females, and 1 juvenile) were collected by hand from western Provinces of Türkiye and the following helminth species were found: 1 species of Digenea Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802) Braun, 1902, 1 species of Cestoda Mesocestoides sp. (tetrathyridia), and 4 specie...

We report a filariid nematode in the gecko Hemidactylus mabouia from Cuba

Morocco has a great diversity of reptiles; more than 26% of the herpetofauna species are considered to be endemic. Nevertheless, there is little information available on helminth parasites of Moroccan lizards. The purpose of this article is to establish a helminth list using non-invasive methods for natural populations of seven lizard species: Acan...

Gastrointestinal helminths are reported from 3 species of Basiliscus lizards from Central America; Basiliscus basiliscus, Basiliscus plumifrons, and Basiliscus vir.i/rs. Found were 1 species of Digenea, parallopharynx gonzalezi, and 4 species of Nematoda, Africana telfotrdi, Cyrtosomum scelopori, F alcaustra sp., and, p hysocephalus sp. Parallophar...

Nematodes represent an enormous part of the earth's biodiversity. It is estimated there may be as many as a million extant species of roundworms, 25,000 of which are parasites of vertebrates Most of the species remain unknown and unnamed (Dobson et al. 2008) Nematodes (round worms) together with cestodes (tapeworms) constitute the major internal pa...

Fourteen Amietia sp. (Pyxicephalidae), from the Albertine Rift of Democratic Republic of the Congo were examined for helminths. Five species of Nematoda were found: Amphibiophilus chabaudi, Aplectana praeputialis, Falcaustra congoensis, Foleyellides duboisi and Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides. Amphibiophilus chabaudi was the most numerous nematode (n...

We report endoparasites from Philothamnus angolensis

Findings of internal parasites in Atheris nitschei

Finding of two species of nematodes in Fojia bumui

New findings of a parasite in Limnonectes leporinus

PurposeMorphological and molecular description of a new species of Haematoloechus dehradunensis sp. nov. collected from the lungs of Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Schneider 1799) from Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India and reporting first record of H. singaporensis from India.Methods Digeneans were fixed in AFA (alcohol–formalin–acetic acid), stained with B...

Fifteen Gehyra dubia and 15 Gehyra punctata from Australia were examined for helminths. One species of Cestoda and 6 species of Nematoda were found. Gehyra dubia harbored Oochoristica australiensis, Maxvachonia chabaudi, and Skrjabinodon smythi. Gehyra punctata harbored Parapharyngodon fitzroyi, Pharyngodon kartana, Physalopteroides filicauda, and...

Between April 2011 and November 2020, 175 individuals of western creek chubsucker Erimyzon claviformis (Girard) (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) were collected and examined for parasites from 12 sites in the Ouachita, Red, St. Francis, and White river drainages in Arkansas (n = 138 individuals for endoparasites, 22 of same individuals for gill parasit...

A sample of 128 individuals of the slender-toed geckos Nactus spp. from six islands of Papua New Guinea (Bougainville, Fergusson, Misima, New Britain, Rossel, Sudest) was examined for gastrointestinal helminths. Found were one species of Digenea, Mesocoelium brevicaecum; one species of Cestoda, Gekkotaenia novaeguineaensis; one species of Acanthoce...

Spinicauda ciremaiensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Heterakidae) from the large intestine of Gonocephalus kuhlii (Reptilia: Agamidae) collected in Gunung Ciremai National Park, West Java, Indonesia is described and illustrated. Of the five described species of Spinicauda from the Oriental region, Spinicauda ciremaiensis sp. nov. comes closest to S. sumatra...

New host records for Calotes goetzi are given

Parasites in wildlife tend to be poorly studied in spite of the ecological roles they play, and even basic information such as the geographic distribution of the parasites and the hosts they infect or infest are not well known. For parasites that live within the host, part of the reason for this lack of information is that the hosts must be killed...

Information on the recent herpetological and related parasitological collections are very rarely available for Afghanistan. We examined two species of the family Agamidae, Laudakia nuristanica and Paralaudakia caucasia for the presence of the intestinal helminth fauna. Overall, we examined 13 specimens of these lizards and found three species of he...

Forty-two toads, Sclerophrys gutturalis (n = 15), S. pusilla (n = 15) and S. regularis (n = 12) were examined for helminths. Eight species of Nematoda (Aplectana macintoshii, A. praeputialis, Chabaudus leberrei, Cosmocerca ornata, Neofoleyellides boerewors, Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides, Rhabdias bufonis and Meteterakis sp.) and one species of Cest...

New finding of parasites in Pulchrana similis

Four species of Phyllodactylus from Peru were examined for helminths: P. inaequalis, P. johnwrighti, P.lepidopygus and P. microphyllus.

H EM I PHI'LLA DACTYLIi S TIfll\,AqiS$AEArSLg {.liriwangsa Slen_ saeizsis is restricted to the Malaysian state of pahang where it is an upland, nocturnal, scansorial species (Grismer 2011. Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their Adjacent Archipelagos. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 728 pp.). We know of no re_ pons of helminths fro...

We report the acanthocephalan Sphaerechinorhynchus serpenticola in the sunbeam snake

This study describes the morphology of Rhabdias elegans Gutierrez, 1945, isolated from the lungs of the toad Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867) from Lomas de Tafi Tucumán, Argentina. This is the first record of R. elegans in R. arenarum from northwestern Argentina as previously described Rhabdias truncata is a species inquirendae. The distribution of...

Report of a cestode, Ophiotaenia magna in Lithobates berlandieri

Lists helminths found in Diporiphora australis

Larval endoparasite in Tantilla yaquia

Eight robust ctenotus individuals, Ctenotus robustus Storr, 1970, and 8 copper-tailed skinks, Ctenotus taeniolatus (White, 1790), from Australia were examined for helminths. Only Nematoda were found. Ctenotus robustus contained Skrjabinodon piankai. Ctenotus taeniolatus contained Abbreviata sp. (larvae in cysts) and S. piankai. Ctenotus robustus an...

Se left side of the abdomen and the left tesris \r&s :e:.-: : the male and the left ovary was removed kon: rhe iE:x.*i*r {ristological examination. Oviductal eggs \tete csun:ei '::: in situ. No histological examination l.r'as periormtd *rem. Removed gonads were embedded in paraffin, seciions cut at 5 pm, and stained by Harris hematoxl'lin follot'ed...

Compares helminths in different mountain populations of Sceloporus jarrovii

Fifty-three Cophosaurus texanus scitulus from Pima County, Arizona, ar.d 15 Holbrookia macu-lata approximans from Cochise County, Arizona, were examined for helminths. One nematode species, Thu-bunaea iguanae (prevalence 8olo), 1 cestode species, Oochoristica sp. (prevalence 2o/o), and a juvenile acan-thocephalan, Acanthocephalus sp. (prevalence 2o...

Describes the prevalence of ectoparasites in newborn Sceloporus jarrovi

T\,vo hundred and forty five lacertid lizards representing seven species (Heliobokrs lugubris, lchnotropis squomuloso, Meroles anchietae, M. cuneirostris, M. suborbitalis, Pedioplanis lineoocellata, P namaquensis) from southern Africa were examined for helminths. Adults of one species of cestode, Oochorktica ubelakeri, and four species of nematodes...

The Madrean alligator lizard, Elgaria kingii Cray, 183E, occurs from the southern edge of the central plateau of Arizona southward in the Sierra Madre of M6xico to Jalisco, M6xico; it frequents chaparral, oak woodland, and pine-fir forests and occurs from 760 to 2070 m (Stebbins 1985). There are no accounts of helminths from this species. The purpo...

Camallanus philippinensis n. sp. (Spirurida; Camallanidae) from the intestines of Occidozyga laevis (Günther, 1858) (Anura; Dicroglossidae) is described and illustrated. Camallanus philippinensis n. sp. represents the 106th species assigned to the genus and the first from Philippine anurans. It is distinguished from other Oriental species by the pa...

Twenty specimens each of the day geckos Rhoptropus afer and R. barnardi from Namibia, southwestern Africa, were examined for helminths. R/zop-tropus afer harbored 4 species of nematodes, Maxva-chonia dimorpha, Parapharyngodon rotundus, Spau-ligodon petersi, and Physocephalus sp. Rhoptropus barnardi harbored I species of cestode, Oochoristica trunca...

Sixty-two individuals representing four species and three families of African lizards, Chamaeleo dilepis (Chamaeleonidae); Nucras tessellota (Lacertidae); Pachydactyhrs rugosus andPolmatogecko rangei (Gekkonidae) were examined for helminths. TWo species of Cestoda, Oochoristica truncato. and cysticercoids of an undetermined cyclophyllidean species,...

Eighty-two green lizards, Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768), from different locations of Bursa, Turkey, were examined for helminths. Two species of Cestoda, Mesocestoides sp. (as tetrathyridium) and Oochoristica tuberculata, and 4 species of Nematoda, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Skrjabinelazia hoffmanni, Skrjabinelazia taurica, and Skrjabinodon medina...

Three species of Polypedates frogs (Rhacophoridae) from Borneo, Malaysia, were examined for helminths: Polypedates colletti (n = 5), P. macrotis (n = 8), and P. otilophus (n = 5). We found 3 species of Nematoda: Cosmocerca ornata, Raillietnema rhacophori, and Physalopteroides sp. Cosmocerca ornata was the only helminth infecting all 3 rhacophorid s...

Over the last few years, we have learned more about hematozoan (blood) parasites and helminth parasites of Oklahoma herpetofauna than we have gained in many years past. To that end, we continue to provide information on various intraerythrocytic hematozoans and helminths of amphibians and reptiles of the state. We document several new host and dist...

Between March 2016 1 and March 2018, 52 golden topminnows, Fundulus chrysotus, were collected in the Arkansas (n = 5), Ouachita (n = 20), Red (n = 21), and St. Francis (n = 6) river drainages of Arkansas and examined for parasites. Twenty-three (44%) were infected/infested, including 1 (2%) with Calyptospora funduli, 4 (8%) with Myxobolus sp., 9 (1...

We report the nematode Oswaldofilaria acanthosauri in the gecko Cyrtodactylus trilatofasciatus from Peninsular Malaysia

Psammodromus algirus from Madrid, Ávila, and Cádiz provinces, Spain, and P. occidentalis from Cádiz province were examined for the presence of external and internal parasites. from which host species were collected, number of parasites and sites of attachment, and estimates of prevalence and intensities of infection are presented. Nematode diversit...

Falcaustra samarensis n. sp. (Ascaridida, Kathlaniidae) from the intestines of Megophrys stejnegeri Taylor 1920 (Anura, Megophryidae) is described and illustrated. Falcaustra samarensis n. sp. represents the one hundred fourth species assigned to the genus and the thirty-seventh Oriental species. It is distinguished from other Oriental species by t...

Two species of bufonid frogs from Borneo were examined for helminths: Phrynoidis juxtasper (n = 5), and Ingerophrynus divergens (n = 4). We found 2 species of Nematoda, Cosmocerca ornata and Seuratascaris numidica, and 1 species of Acanthocephala, Pseudoacanthocephalus bufonis. Seuratascaris numidica was the only helminth infecting both bufonid spe...

Larutia trifasciata (Tweedie, 1940) is known from Gunung Tahan, Cameron Highlands and Fraser's Hill, Pahng State, Peninsular Malaysia (Grismer 2011). To our knowledge, the only published report of helminths from L. trifasciata is the report of the nematode Orneoascaris sandoshami by Goldberg et al. (2015). In this note we add to the helminth list o...

Psammodromus algirus from Madrid, Ávila, and Cádiz provinces, Spain, and P. occidentalis from Cádiz province were examined for the presence of external and internal parasites. Among those parasites represented were: Ixodes inopinatus (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Acari, Ixodidae); Haemaphysalis punctata (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Acari, Ixodidae); Skrjabine...

Introduction Gyrinicola dehradunensis sp. nov. from the intestine of tadpoles of the small paa frog, Nanorana minica, from Dehradun (Uttarakhand), India is described and illustrated. Gyrinicola dehradunensis is the first species of the genus recorded from India and the second species recorded from Asia. Methods Light microscopy was used for the id...

T Three species of dicroglossid frogs from Malaysia were examined for helminths: Limnonectes ibano-rum (n = 5), Limnonectes ingeri (n:5), and Limnonectes lcporinus (n = 61. We found 7 species of Nematoda (An_ p hi biocapi I I a ria bufoni s, Cosmoce rca o rncito, Fal caust m du_ bia., O nteoa.rcaris sandoshanti, O swakloc ruzia sp., physa-loptera s...

Odorrana hosii and O. monjerai from Peninsular Malaysia were examined for endoparasites. Only Nematoda were found. For Odorrana hosii, Amphibiocapillaria bufonis, Cosmocerca ornata and Abbreviata sp. (cysts) were found. For O. monjerai, A. bufonis and C. ornata were found. All are new host records.

A new species of Nematoda, Raillietnema brachyspiculatum is described from a lizard, Lepidiphyma tuxtlae from Mexico

We report on helminths from three species of African chameleons. Four new host records are reported.

Notes on reproductive biology of the gecko, Cnemaspis mcguirei

Occurrence of internal parasites in a species of gecko from Peninsular Malaysia

In an attempt to add to our knowledge of the biodiversity of helminths infecting Philippine amphibians, three species of dicroglossid frogs (Dicroglossidae) were examined for helminths: Limnonectes macrocephalus (n = 5), L. visayanus (n=5), and L. woodworthi (n=5). Wefound four species of Nematoda (Abbreviata bufonis, Aplectana samarensis, Falcaust...

Rhabdias garhwalensis sp. nov. from the lungs of Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Günther, 1864) collected in Kimoi Tehsil, district Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand), India is described and illustrated. Rhabdias garhwalensis sp. nov. represents the 15th species described from the Oriental zoogeographical zone and the 9th species from India. The new species is...

Falcaustra tintlwini sp. nov. (Ascaridida, Kathlaniidae) from the large intestine of Batagur trivittata (Testudines, Geoemydidae) is described and illustrated. Falcaustra tintlwini represents the 20 th Oriental species assigned to the genus and is distinguished from other Oriental species by the distribution pattern of the caudal papillae (6 preclo...

The species Hedruris mucronifer Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1952 parasite of Telmatobius schreiteri from Tafí del Valle, Tucumán, Argentina is herein redescribed. The main morphological characters used for its identification are illustrated. The lectotype and paralectotype are designated, respectively. The specific epithet of the host is rectified.

Aplectana samarensis sp. nov. (Ascaridida, Cosmocercidae) from the intestines of Limnonectes magnus (Anura, Dicroglossidae) is described and illustrated. Aplectana samarensis sp. nov. represents the 53 rd species assigned to the genus and the 6 th species reported from the Oriental region. It is easily separated from the 5 species previously report...

Twenty-one specimens of the scincid lizard Emoia physicae from Papua New Guinea were examined for gastrointestinal helminths. Found were two species of Cestoda, Cylindrotaenia hickmani and Ophiotaenia greeri, and five species of Nematoda: Skrjabinodon derooijae, Skrjabinodon sheai, Abbreviata sp., Porrocaecum sp., and Rictulariidae gen. sp. Rictula...

Falcaustra congoensis n. sp. (Ascaridida, Kathlaniidae) from the large intestine of Amietia nutti (Boulenger, 1896) (Anura, Pyxicephalidae) is described and illustrated. Falcaustra congoensis represents the 16th Afrotropical species assigned to the genus and is distinguished from other Aftrotropical species by the distribution pattern of the caudal...

An Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836) was collected in a forested area near the town of Thakhek, Laos. Inspection of the lizard revealed that it had a subcutaneous lump on its abdomen, which was determined to be caused by a nymph of the pentastome Kiricephalus pattoni (Stephens, 1908). Although H. frenatus has been recorded as...

Rhabdias stomatica sp. nov. from the lungs of Duttaphrynus stomaticus (Lutken, 1864) from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India is described and illustrated. Rhabdias stomatica sp. nov. is the 16th species described from the Oriental biogeographical region and the 8th species from India. The new species is differentiated from the closely related Oriental sp...

Aplectana hainanensis sp. nov. (Ascaridida, Cosmocercidae) from the intestines of Goniurosaurus bawanglingensis (Squamata, Eublepharidae) is described and illustrated. Aplectana hainanensis sp. nov. represents the 52nd species assigned to the genus and the 5th species reported from the Sino-Japanese region. It is easily separated from the 4 species...

Twenty-four scincid lizards (spotted forest skink, Sphenomorphus scotophilus) from Peninsular Malaysia were examined for gastrointestinal helminths. Six species of Nematoda, mature individuals of Bakeria schadi, Meteterakis singaporensis, Parapharyngodon maplestoni, Physalopteroides grismeri, and Spinicauda sp., and larvae of Acuariidae gen. sp. we...

Between December 2016 and February 2017, 17 Home's hingeback tortoise, Kinixys homeana, confiscated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and originating from the Republic of Benin, Africa, had their feces examined for coccidian and helminth parasites. No coccidia were passing in their feces; however, 40 individual specimens of the nematod...

Pharyngodon frenatusi (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae) is reported from Brooks’ house gecko, Hemidactylus brookii, and flat-tailed house gecko, Hemidactylus platyurus, from Kirtipur, Nepal. Fifteen samples of H. brookii and 10 H. platyurus were collected in 2014 and examined for helminth parasites. Pharyngodon frenatusi was found in great numbers in the...

Forty-nine specimens of the leaf-toed gecko Asaccus elisae (Werner, 1895) collected in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey, were examined for helminth parasites. One species of Digenea, Plagiorchis molini, one species of Cestoda, Diplopylidium noelleri (larvae), six species of Nematoda, adults of Atractis dactyluris, Spauligodon azerbajdzanicus, Spauligodon...

Spauligodon papuensis sp. nov. from the large intestines of Cyrtodactylus epiroticus (Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea is described and illustrated. Spauligodon papuensis sp. nov. represents the 54th species assigned to the genus and the second species from the Oceanic Region. The new species is separated from congeners by the unique combination o...

Five species of dicroglossid frogs (Dicroglossidae) (n = 29) from Southeast Asia were examined for helminths: Limnonectes blythii, L. hascheanus, L. khasianus, L. kohchangae, and L. macrognathus. We found eight species of Nematoda, consisting of gravid individuals of Aplectana macintoshii, Cosmocerca ornata, Foleyellides malayensis, Icosiella innom...

Spinicauda sumatrana sp. nov. is described from the large intestine of Ludeking’s Crested Dragon, Lophocalotes ludekingi (Agamidae) from the Bukit Barisan Range of Sumatra. The new species is assigned to Spinicauda based on the presence of off-set lips in both male and female and a ventrally directed sucker combined with the absence of caudal alae...

The distribution of Gyrinicola chabaudi is expanded and Pseudis platensis is a new host record from Argentina.