A record of an Asian house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from Laos as a host of the pentastome, Kiricephalus pattoni, with comments on the distribution and natural history of this parasite

Gerrut Norval; Daniel Jablonski; Jana Christophoryová; Vinh Quang Luu; Stephen R. Goldberg; Charles R. Bursey

doi:10.1654/1525-2647-85.2.189

A record of an Asian house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from Laos as a host of the pentastome, Kiricephalus pattoni, with comments on the distribution and natural history of this parasite

Gerrut Norval, Daniel Jablonski, Jana Christophoryová, Vinh Quang Luu, Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey

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An Asian house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus Schlegel, 1836) was collected in a forested area near the town of Thakhek, Laos. Inspection of the lizard revealed that it had a subcutaneous lump on its abdomen, which was determined to be caused by a nymph of the pentastome Kiricephalus pattoni (Stephens, 1908). Although H. frenatus has been recorded as a host of K. pattoni in Taiwan, Thakhek, Laos represents a new distribution record for this parasite.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	189-192
Number of pages	4
Journal	Comparative Parasitology
Volume	85
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-85.2.189
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018

Keywords

Gekkonidae
Indochina
Maxillopoda
new distribution record
Pentastomida
Porocephalidae

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Norval, G., Jablonski, D., Christophoryová, J., Luu, V. Q., Goldberg, S. R., & Bursey, C. R. (2018). A record of an Asian house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from Laos as a host of the pentastome, Kiricephalus pattoni, with comments on the distribution and natural history of this parasite. Comparative Parasitology, 85(2), 189-192. https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-85.2.189

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A record of an Asian house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from Laos as a host of the pentastome, Kiricephalus pattoni, with comments on the distribution and natural history of this parasite. / Norval, Gerrut; Jablonski, Daniel; Christophoryová, Jana et al.
In: Comparative Parasitology, Vol. 85, No. 2, 01.07.2018, p. 189-192.

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A record of an Asian house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, from Laos as a host of the pentastome, Kiricephalus pattoni, with comments on the distribution and natural history of this parasite

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