GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES OF THE PERENTIE, VARANUS GIGANTEUS (GREY) IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ABBREVIATA TRAVASSOS (NEMATODA PHYSALOPTERIDAE)

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Abstract: Seven species of nematode, all in the family Physalopteridae, were recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of 13 specimens of Varanus giganteus. Abbreviata perenticola sp. nov. was the dominant species, and is distinguished from A. hastaspicula, to which it is similar, principally by the character of the right copulatory spicule. A. antarctica, A. hastaspicula, A. kumarinae, A. levicauda, A. tumido capitis and Skrjabinoptera sp. were recovered in low numbers (one to five) from between one and three hosts.