First record of five nematodes from Iraqi turtles

الملخص EN

During a survey on the helminthic parasites of three species of turtles in the north part of Iraq, five species of nematodes were recorded for the first time in Iraq.

They were all found in the intestine.

These are, Camallanus microcephalus (Dujardin, 1845} recorvered from the turtle Clemmys caspica; Spironoura j-aponensis (Yamaguti, 1935) from Triopyx eup- hraliens and Angusticaecum holopterum (Rudolphi, 1819), and Tachygonetria nicollei (Seurat, 1918) from the turtb Testudo graeca.

A11I of the localities and hosts are newly recorded in Iraq.