Reptiles, as well as other vertebrate groups, harbour a significant diversity of parasitic
organisms, from nematodes and other helminths to viruses and bacteria. The Northeast is …

The carapace and plastron bones of fossil turtles are often characterized by bone
modification features such as pits, grooves, and holes. The significance, origin, and …

Abstract Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) was considered as a specific host of Placobdella
costata (Fr. Mûller, 1846). However, since the parasite was recorded from outside the …

The objective of this study was to determine the structure of the helminth fauna and identify
the macroscopic and histopathological alterations associated with parasitic infections in …

Figure 1. Haementeria sp. in the Municipality of Cajazeiras, State of Paraíba, northeast
Brazil.(A) Ventral view.(B) Dorsal view.(C) Ventral view of head region with pair of eyespots …

Understanding which factors make an individual susceptible to parasitism provides insight
on how a parasite infects a host. Numerous factors such as habitat characteristics, body size …

This chapter brings together all known polystomes of fish, ie the Australian lungfish,
chelonians and mammal, ie the common hippopotamus, namely 67 spp. For each species …

The parasitic fauna of reptiles is considered understudied compared to that of other
vertebrates and is even less well known than the parasitic fauna of chelonians. Yet parasites …

In general, chelonians are widely distributed, occupying areas with significant environmental
variation, which may lead to great variations in their ecology such as morphological …