Diplopylidium acanthotetra (Parona, 1898)

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3. Diplopylidium acanthotetra (Parona, 1898) – larvae Metacestodes of this tapeworm were found in the body cavity of E. carinatus in Turkmenistan ( Markov et al., 1970). The most common intermediate host of D. acanthoptera is the Caspian bent-toed gecko, Tenuidactylus caspius (Eichmann) , and its metacestodes were found in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Iraq and Italy ( Sharpilo, 1976).