A number of islands have indigenous lizards, including geckoes and skinks, whose ancestors probably arrived on floating rafts of vegetation washed out to sea by storms.
In certain species such as geckoes, the females lack femoral pores altogether.
House geckoes and their parasites are also likely to be suitable models for studies on competition by introduced host species.
The present results are based on limited data and further investigations on the ecology and epidemiology of the parasites of house geckoes including climatic data, are required.
The prevalence and mean intensity of infection in each species of geckoes are also presented.
The number of endoparasite species and snout vent length of geckoes were positively correlated.
Geckoes with high worm burdens may be more easily captured by predators, especially juvenile geckoes.
Geckoes with high worm burdens may be more easily captured by predators.
