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

College of Science and Engineering

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Abstract

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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Norval, G, Jablonski, D, Christophoryová, J, Luu, VQ, Goldberg, SR & Bursey, CR 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, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 189-192. https://doi.org/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. / 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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