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Dos especies nuevas de Parapharyngodon (Oxyuroidea: Pharyngodonidae) de los enigmáticos Bipes canaliculatus and Bipes tridactylus (Squamata: Bipedidae)

2008; National Autonomous University of Mexico; Volume: 79; Issue: 002 Linguagem: Inglês

10.22201/ib.20078706e.2008.001.519

ISSN

2007-8706

Autores

F. Agustín Jiménez, Virginia León Règagnon, Edmundo Pérez Ramos,

Tópico(s)

Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Resumo

TWO SPECIES OF PARAPHARYNGODON COLLECTED FROM BIPES CANALICULATUS AND BIPES TRIDACTYLUS ARE HEREIN DESCRIBED. PARAPHARYNGODON LAMOTHEI N. SP. WAS COLLECTED FROM THE 4-TOED WORM LIZARD BIPES CANALICULATUS FROM SOUTHERN MEXICO. IT IS UNIQUE IN POSSESSING 6 LIPS, A GUBERNACULUM, A FRINGED CLOACAL LIP, AND A SINGLE MEDIAL PAPILLA IN ADDITION TO 3 PAIRED PAPILLAE. PARAPHARYNGODON MAESTRO N. SP., WAS COLLECTED FROM THE 3-TOED WORM LIZARD BIPES TRIDACTYLUS, AND IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING 3 BILOBED LIPS, A SIMPLE CLOACA, A RELATIVELY LONG SPICULE, AND BY POSSESSING 3 PAIRS OF CAUDAL PAPILLAE. THESE ARE THE THIRD AND FOURTH SPECIES OF THE GENUS RECORDED IN MEXICO.

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