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Comp. Parasitol. 67(1), 2000 pp. 118-121 Research Note Gastrointestinal Helminths of Four Lizard Species from Moorea, French Polynesia STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG, u CHARLES R. BuRSEY,2 AND HAY CHEAM' 1 Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608, U.S.A. (e-mail: sgoldberg@whitticr.edu) and 2 Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146, U.S.A. (e-mail: cxbl3@psu.edu) ABSTRACT: The gastrointestinal tracts of 82 lizards comprising 2 gekkonids, Gehyra oceanica (N = 20) and Lepidodactylus lugubris (N =31), and 2 scincids, Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus (N = 4) and Emoia cyanura (N = 27), from Moorea, French Polynesia, were examined for helminths. One species of cestode, Cylindrotaenia decidua, 5 species of nematodes, Maxvachonia chabaudi, Pharyngodon oceanicus, Spauligodon gehyrae, Skrjabinoptera sp. (larvae), and an unidentified oxyurid were found. Eleven new host records and 11 new locality records are reported. KEY WORDS: lizard, Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus, Emoia cyanura, Gehyra oceanica, Lepidodactylus lugubris, Cestoda, Nematoda, Moorea, French Poly- Eight species of lizards—the snake-eyed skink, Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus (Wiegmann, 1834); the moth skink, Lipinia noctua (Lesson, 1830); the copper-tailed skink, Emoia cyanura (Lesson, 1830); the stump-toed gecko, Gehyra mutilata (Wiegmann, 1834); the oceanic gecko, Gehyra oceanica (Lesson, 1830); the Indo-Pacific gecko, Hemidactylus garnotii Dumeril and Bibron, 1836; the Indo-Pacific tree gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus typus Bleeker, 1860; and the mourning gecko, Lepidodactylus lugubris (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836)—occur on Moorea, French Polynesia (Ineich and Blanc, 1988). These species are widely distributed in the Pacific Islands (Burt and Burt, 1932). Helminths have been reported from G. oceanica, H. garnotii, and L. lugubris (Table 1), but to our knowledge, there are no published reports of helminths from the other 5 lizard species. The purpose of this note is to report helminths for C. poecilopleurus, E. cyanura, G. oceanica, and L. lugubris from Moorea, French Polynesia, and to list 11 new host and 11 new locality records for these helminths. 3 Corresponding author. 118 Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington Of the 8 species of lizards on Moorea, 82 individuals representing 4 species were collected by hand by one of us (S.R.G.) in April 1992: 4 C. poecilopleurus, 7 E. cyanura, 3 G. oceanica at Marae Titiroa, 2 km below Belvedere Viewpoint, ca. 457 m elevation, Opunohu Valley (17°33'S, 149°50'W); 20 E. cyanura, 12 G. oceanica, 11 L. lugubris at the Richard B. Gump South Pacific Biological Research Station, ca. 60 m elevation, ca. 3 km west of Paopao (17°31'S, 149°49'W); 5 G. oceanica, 20 L. lugubris at Paopao, ca. 20 m elevation (17°31'S, 149°51'W). These were the only lizard species observed at the time of collection. Lizards were fixed in 10% formalin for 24 hours and preserved in 70% ethanol. The abdominal cavity was opened, and the esophagus, stomach, and small and large intestines were removed, slit longitudinally, and examined under a dissecting microscope. All lizards were deposited in the herpetology collection of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM), Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: C. poecilopleurus: LACM 141065-141068; E. cyanura: LACM 141038-141064; G. oceanica: LACM 141009-141028; L. lugubris: LACM 140976-141006. Each nematode was cleared on a glass slide in undiluted glycerol. Cestodes were stained with hematoxylin and mounted in balsam. Identifications were made from these preparations with use of a compound microscope. Number of helminths, prevalence, mean intensity, and range of infection are given in Table 2. Terminology is in accordance with Bush et al. (1997). One species of cestode, Cylindrotaenia decidua (Ainsworth, 1985), and 5 species of nematodes, Maxvachonia chabaudi Mawson, 1972; Pharyngodon oceanicus Bursey and Goldberg, 1999; Spauligodon gehyrae Bursey and Gold-
Table 1. Previous helminth records for Gehyra oceanica, Hemidactylus garnotii, and Lepidodactylus lug Host Helminth Locality Guam Moorea, Rarotonga, Tahiti Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Marquesas, Moorea, Rota, Tuamotu Guam, Rota Gehyra oceanica (Lesson, Lesson, 1830) Oochoristica javaensis zensis Kennedy Kennedy, Killick, and Beverley-Burton, 1982 Pharyngodon oceanicus Bursey and Goldberg, 1999 Spauligodon gehyrae Bursey and Goldberg, 1996 Hemidactylus garnotii Dumeril and Bibron, 1836 Platynosomum fastosum Kossack, 1910 Island of Oahu, Hawaii Island of Oahu, Hawaii Leyte, Luzon Island of Oahu, Hawaii Skrjabinodon dossae (Caballero, 1968) Unidentified oxyurids Guam Rota Lepidodactylus lugubris (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836) Allopharynx macallisten Dailey, Goldberg, and Bursey, 1998 Islands of Hawaii, Oahu Rota Islands of Hawaii, Oahu Islands of Hawaii, Oahu Guam, Rota Island of Oahu, Hawaii Island of Oahu, Hawaii Island of Oahu, Hawaii Island of Oahu, Hawaii Cyiindrotaenia allisonae (Schmidt, 1980) Pharyngodon lepidodactylus Bursey and Goldberg, 1996 Skrjabinelazia machidai Hasegawa, 1984 Unidentified oxyurids Raillietiella frenatus AH, Riley, and Self, 1981 Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington
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