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Sey, O.; Al-Ghaith, L.: Helminths of green toads Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1789 and spiny tailed lizards, Uromastyx microlepis Blanford, 1874 of Kuwait
This species is a broadly distribured in the Palaearctic realm; from adjacent areas it was reported from Saudi Arabia (Nasher 1979) from Bufo orientális and Hyla arborea. Oochoristica truncata (Krabba, 1879) The occurrence of this species in this agamid lizard represents a new host record. Sharpilo (1976) synonymized this species with O. tuberculata (Rudolphi, 1819), but O. truncata from the Kuwaiti lizard shows different structures of the genital organs and the number of testes also differed (50-60) supporting the validity of O. truncata. The specimens, collected from Kuwaiti lizards, at the same time show similarities to the species O. najdei Magzoub, Kasim & Shawa, 1980 but it differs, among others, by having testes in a continuous line (versus in two lateral fields), described from Egyptian lizard {Uromastyx aegyptia). Uromastyx microlepis is a basicly plant-eater lizard, but ants and beetles are often found in the stomach content, and they can presumably be the intermediate hosts of this cestode. O. truncata is distributed in Africa and South Asia. Tachygonetria vivipara Wedl, 1862 This was the most common nematode parasitic of the spiny tailed lizard in Kuwait 13 out of the 18 examined lizards were infected. In terms of number they were found in so high quantity in the hosts that they formed a grey-whitish coat on the surface of the caecal content, involving inviduals being in different developmental stages. Thelandros kanistica (Magzoub, Kasim & Shawa, 1980) This species was described by Magzoub et al. (1980) from the Egyptian agamid lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia), and was allocated to a newly erected genus Parathelandros. This genus, however, was preoccupied, therefore, Parathelandros Magzoub, Kasim & Shawa, 1980 should be regarded as a homonym and this species should be reassigned to the genus Thelandros. Acknowledgements The authors are deeply indebted to Charles Bursey, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, PA, USA for the identification of the cestode and nematode samples. References Baker, M. R. (1980): Revision of old World species the genus Aplectana Railliet & Henry, 1916 (Nematoda, Cosmocercidae). — Bull. Mus. natn. Hist, nat., Paris. 4e ser. 2: 955-998. Balozet, L. & Callot, J. (1938): Trematodes de Tunisie. I. Trematodes de Rana ridibunda Pallas. — Archs Inst. Pasteur Algér 27: 18-30. Dawes, B. (1946): The Trematoda with special reference to British and other European forms. — Cambridge University Press, London. Dollfus, R. P. (1951): Miscellania helminthologica maroccana. I. Quelques trematodes, cestodes & acanthocephales. —Archs Inst. Pasteur Maroc 4: 104-229. Euzet, L., Combes C. & Batchvarov G. (1974): Sur un nouveau Polystomatide Européen, parasite de I' Amphibien Bufo viridis Laur. — Vie et Milieu 24: 129-140.
