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Table 5 Number and percentage of positive lizards in regard to infestation with different endoparasites
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF ENDOPARASITES NUMBER (%) OF POSITIVE SCIENTIFIC NAME (NUMBER OF LIZARDS)
(eggs and/or adults)
Oxyurid eggs Figures 9, 10 and 11 189 (57.1) Uromastyx hardwickii (89)
(Pharyngodon sp. and other unidentified species) Uromastyx dispar (23)
Iguana iguana (19)
Eublepharis macularius (16)
Uromastyx aegyptia (12)
Physignathus cocincinus (8)
Pogona vitticeps (8)
Laudakia melanura (4)
Agamura persica (2)
Basilicus plumifrons (2)
Gekko gecko (2)
Trapelus agilis (1)
Corucia zebrata (1)
Chamaeleo calyptratus (1)
Teratoscincus scincus (1)
Strongylid eggs 38 (11.8) Uromastyx hardwickii (27)
Iguana iguana (3)
Laudakia melanura (2)
Eublepharis macularius (2)
Corucia zebrata (1)
Pogona vitticeps (1)
Varanus bengalensis (1)
Varanus niloticus (1)
Nyctotherus sp. Figure 12 33 (10.0) Uromastyx hardwickii (30)
Uromastyx dispar (3)
Trematod eggs Figure 13 31 (9.4) Gekko gecko (15)
Eublepharis macularius (7)
Varanus flavescens (4)
Basilicus plumifrons (3)
Varanus bengalensis (1)
Pogona vitticeps (1)*
Ascarid eggs Figures 14 and 16 23 (6.9) Gekko gecko (15)
Eublepharis macularius (5)
Varanus niloticus (2)
Pogona vitticeps (1)
Pentastomida Figure 17 (Raillietiella sp.) 23 (6.9) Gekko gecko (15)
Varanus flavescens (7)
Varanus bengalensis (1)
Physaloptera sp. 21 (6.3) Uromastyx hardwickii (6)
Figures 18, 19 and 20
Iguana iguana (4)
Eublepharis macularius (3)
Varanus niloticus (4)
Varanus bengalensis (3)
Gekko gecko (1)
Filarioidea 18 (5.4) Varanus niloticus (7)
Figures 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and-27
Uromastyx aegyptia (6)
(Oswaldofilaria sp. (in monitors) and Setaria sp.(in Spiny-tailed Lizards) Varanus bengalensis (3)
Eublepharis macularius (1)
Uromastyx dispar (1)
Cestoda Figures 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 10 (3.0) Iguana iguana (6)
(Oochoristica sp.) Uromastyx dispar (4)
Centrorhynchid Acanthocephala 9 (2.7) Varanus niloticus (4)
Figures 38, 39, 40 and 41
Uromastyx hardwickii (2)
Varanus bengalensis (2)
Laudakia melanura (1)
Balantidium sp. 8 (2.4) Iguana iguana (4)
Uromastyx dispar (4)
Cryptosporidium sp. 3 (0.9) Uromastyx dispar (1)
Uromastyx hardwickii (1)
Eublepharis macularius (1)