Ekto- og endoparasitter hos Kongens Skink (Egernia kingii) på Penguin Island

• Published in: Parasitology
• Main Authors: Stampe, Karina, Larsen, Ole Næsbye, Godfrey, Stephanie S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Infection patterns; parasitology; scincid lizard; seasonality; host-parasite; Penguin Island; Mite
• Online Access: https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/a6625c0e-d5d9-4f5a-bd46-0591f2093749; 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 out a...