Nematode parasites of lizards (Squamata, Sauria) from the Cerrado biome in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

The current study registered the nematode infections in 10 lizard species for a not studied locality in the Cerrado biome in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. A total of 101 hosts were analyzed, of these 24 were parasitized by at least one species of nematode. We observed a total richness of 10 species of nematodes, and the lizard species with the most records of nematode species were Aspronema dorsivitattum and Ophiodes striatus, with a total of three species each. In addition seven new host records (NHR) and nine new geographical records (NGR) were recorded in the respective lizard species of the Cerrado biome in state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.