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Abstract

Intestinal helminth parasites are the most common parasites that have negative impact on local population of overlapping home ranged lizards. The aim of the study was to identify the helminth fauna in lizards and determined the relationship between size of lizards and season with parasitic egg load. A total of 47 adult lizards, comprising 21 males and 26 females were captured in Bundey Bore, South Australia during September to December 2009 and faecal samples were collected. Higher proportions (89.4%) of subjects were infected by two kinds of helminth parasites (Thelandros trachysauri and Oochoristica trachysauri) with an average of 1.3 eggs gm-1 of faecal sample. Male subjects had higher (100%) infection rate than females (80.8%). T. trachysauri was predominant (89.4%) parasite in study population but O. trachysauri was found in only (19%) male and (11.5%) female populations.