NEW RECORD OF PROTOZOAN NYCTOTHERUS HARDWICKII (JANAKIDEVI, 1961) FROM ROUGH-TAILED GECKO CYRTOPODION SCABRUM IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ
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https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2017.14.4.0307Keywords:
Ciliates, Morphmetric, Morphology, Nyctotherus hardwickii, ProtozoanAbstract
The ciliate species isolated from midgut and hindgut of Rough-tailed gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden, 1827), identified as Nyctotherus hardwickii was collected from many regions of Baghdad, Iraq. The current study deals with a description and comparison of the morphology and morphometric characters of this species for the first time in Iraq.
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