Ecto- and endoparasites of the King's skink (Egernia kingii) on Penguin Island

• Published in: Parasitology
• Main Authors: Stampe, Karina, Larsen, Ole Næsbye, Godfrey, Stephanie S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2020
• Subjects: Research Article; Penguin Island; Mite
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10317735/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32423514; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182020000839

Wildlife species are often host to a diversity of parasites, but our knowledge of their diversity and ecology is extremely limited, especially for reptiles. Little is known about the host-parasite ecology of the Australian lizard, the King's skink (Egernia kingii). In spring of 2015, we carried...