Helminths (Nematoda) of the lizard Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Sauria: Teiidae): Assessing the effect of rainfall, Body size and sex in the nematode infection rates.
Nematodes of the family Physalopteridae have been encountered parasitizing representatives of almost all vertebrate classes (Goldberg and Bursey, 1989), and 35 lizard species in Brazil belonging to the families Iguanidae, Polychrotidae, Leiosauridae, Liolaemidae, Tropiduridae, Anguidae, Teiidae, Gymnophthalmidae, and Scincidae have been identified as hosts of P.