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Parasites and Climate Change

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  • Megía-Palma R, Barja I, Barrientos R, 2022. Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites and ectoparasites as biomarkers of heat stress close to roads in a Mediterranean lizard. Science of the Total Environment 802: 149919.

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Hamilton-Zuk’s hypothesis in lizards

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  • Llanos-Garrido A, Díaz JA, Pérez-Rodríguez A, Arriero E (2017) Variation in male ornaments in two lizard populations with contrasting parasite load. Journal of Zoology doi: 10.1111/jzo.12478.

  • Martín J, Amo L, López P, 2008. Parasites and health affect multiple sexual signals in male common wall lizards, Podarcis muralis. Naturwissenschaften 95: 293-300.

  • Megía-Palma, R., Barrientos, R., Gallardo, M., Martínez, J., Merino, S. (2021). Brighter is darker: the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis revisited in lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab081.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Merino S, 2016. A structural colour ornament correlates positively with parasite load and body condition in an insular lizard species. The Science of Nature 103: 1-10.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Merino S, 2016. Structural- and carotenoid-based throat color patches in males of Lacerta schreiberi reflect different parasitic diseases. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 2017-2025.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Merino S (2017) Manipulation of parasite load induces significant changes in the structural-based throat color of male Iberian green lizards. Current Zoology 53:205–214. doi: 10.1093/cz/zox036.

  • Megía-Palma R, Paranjpe D, Reguera S, Martínez J, Cooper RD, Blaimont P, Merino S, Sinervo B, 2018. Multiple color patches and parasites in Sceloporus occidentalis: Differential relationships by sex and infection. Current Zoology https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy007 

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  • Schall JJ, 1986. Prevalence and virulence of a haemogregarine parasite of the Aruban whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus arubensis. Journal of Herpetology 20 (3): 318-324.

  • Schall JJ, Staats CM, 1997. Parasites and the evolution of extravagant male characters: Anolis lizards on Caribbean islands as a test of the Hamilton-Zuk hypothesis. Oecologia 111 (4): 543-548.

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  • Václav R, Prokop P, Fekiač V, 2007. Expression of breeding coloration in European Green Lizards (Lacerta viridis): variation with morphology and tick infestation. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 1199-1206.

 

Evolution and molecular systematics of parasitic protozoa of lizards

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  • Harris DJ, Borges-Nojosa DM, Maia JP, 2015. Prevalence and diversity of Hepatozoon in native and exotic geckos from Brazil. Journal of Parasitology 101(1): 80-85.

  • Harris DJ, Maia JP, Perera A, 2011. Molecular characterization of Hepatozoon species in reptiles from the Seychelles. Journal of Parasitology 97 (1): 106-110.

  • Harris DJ, Maia JP, Perera A, 2012. Molecular survey of Apicomplexa in Podarcis wall lizards detects Hepatozoon, Sarcocystis, and Eimeria species. Journal of Parasitology 98 (3): 592-597.

  • Jirků M, Modrý M, Šlapeta JR, Koudela B, Lukeš J, 2002. The phylogeny of Goussia and Choleoeimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriorina) and the evolution of excystation structures in coccidia. Protist 153: 379-390.

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  • Maia JP, Crottini A, Harris DJ, 2014. Microscopic and molecular characterization of Hepatozoon domerguei (Apicomplexa) and Foleyella furcata (Nematoda) in wild endemic reptiles from Madagascar. Parasite 21.

  • Maia JP, Harris DJ, Carranza S, 2016. Reconstruction of the evolutionary history of Haemosporida (Apicomplexa) based on the cyt b gene with characterization of Haemocystidium in geckos (Squamata: Gekkota) from Oman. Parasitology International 65 (1): 5-11.

  • Maia JP, Harris DJ, Carranza S, Gómez-Díaz E, 2016. Assessing the diversity, host-specificity and infection patterns of apicomplexan parasites in reptiles from Oman, Arabia. Parasitology 143: 1730-1747.

  • Maia JPM, Harris DJ, Perera CA, 2011. Molecular survey of Hepatozoon species in lizards from North Africa. Journal of Parasitology 97: 513-517.

  • Maia JPMC, Perera A, Harris DJ, 2012. Molecular survey and microscopic examination of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) in lacertid lizards from the western Mediterranean. Folia Parasitologica 59: 241-248.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Acevedo I, Martín J, García-roa R, Ortega J, Peso-fernández M, Albaladejo G, Cooper R, Paranjpe DA, Sinervo B, Merino S, 2015. Phylogeny of the reptilian Eimeria: are Choleoeimeria and Acroeimeria valid generic names? Zoologica Scripta 44 (6): 684-692.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Merino S, 2013. Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S rRNA gene sequences of Schellackia parasites (Apicomplexa: Lankesterellidae) reveals their close relationship to the genus Eimeria. Parasitology 140: 1149-1157.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Merino S, 2014. Molecular characterization of haemococcidia genus Schellackia (Apicomplexa) reveals the polyphyletic origin of the family Lankesterellidae. Zoologica Scripta 43: 304-312.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Nasri I, Cuervo JJ, Martín J, Acevedo I, Belliure J, Ortega J, García-Roa R, Selmi S, Merino S, 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of Isospora, Lankesterella, and Caryospora species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) infecting lizards. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 16:275-288.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Paranjpe D, D’Amico V, Aguilar R, Palacios MG, Cooper R, Ferri-Yáñez F, Sinervo B, Merino S, 2017. Phylogenetic analyses reveal that Schellackia parasites (Apicomplexa) detected in American lizards are closely related to the genus Lankesterella: is the range of Schellackia restricted to Old World? Parasites & Vectors 10: 470.

  • Ogedengbe ME, El-Sherry S, Ogedengbe JD, Chapman HD, Barta JR, 2017. Phylogenies based on combined mitochondrial and nuclear sequences conflict with morphologically defined genera in the eimeriid coccidian (Apicomplexa). International Journal for Parasitology doi 10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.07.008.

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  • Perkins SL, 2001. Phylogeography of Caribbean lizard malaria: tracing the history of vector‐borne parasites. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14 (1): 34-45.

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  • Vilcins IME, Ujvari B, Old JM, Deane E, 2009. Molecular and morphological description of a Hepatozoon species in reptiles and their ticks in the Northern territory, Australia. Journal of Parasitology 95 (2): 434-442.

  • Yang R, Brice B, Ryan U, 2016. Morphological and molecular characterization of Choleoeimeria pogonae n.sp. coccidian parasite (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae, 1989, Paperna and Landsberg) in a western bearded dragon (Pogona minor minor). Experimental Parasitology 160: 11-16.

 

Parasite co-evolution with lizard hosts

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  • Doležel D, Koudela B, Jirků M, Hypša V, Oborník M, Votýpka J, Modrý D, Šlapeta JR, Lukeš J, 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of Sarcocystis spp. of mammals and reptiles supports the coevolution of Sarcocystis spp. with their final hosts. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 795-798.

  • Megía-Palma R, Martínez J, Cuervo JJ, Belliure J, Jiménez-Robles O, Gomes V, Cabido C, Pausas JG, Fitze PS, Martín J, Merino S., 2018. Molecular evidence for host-parasite co-speciation between lizards and Schellackia parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 48: 709-718.

 

 

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