ECTOPARASITE AND ENDOPARASITE OF WALL GECKO IN NIGERIA

ECTO AND ENDO PARASITE OF WALL GECKO IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT Of seventy sacrificed wall geckos examined for ectoparasites, 18 (25.7%) were infested with soft ticks, 28 (40.0%) with hard ticks and 44 (62.9%) with mites, in mixed infestations of the affected reptiles. On the whole 49 (70.0%) of the geckos were infested with these acarines … Read more

ECTOPARASITIC FAUNA OF WALL GECKOS ON UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKA UNN

ABSTRACT Wall geckos are nocturnal lizards of the family Gekkonidae known historically to cohabitate successfully with man. Due to this relationship, concerns have been raised as to whether these lizards could be mobile vessels for parasites and disease causing pathogens that could pose an issue to public health. Wall geckos were collected from three different … Read more

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