TABLE 2.
Distribution of Cryptosporidium spp. and genotypes in lizards and tortoises
| Animal
|
Source | Sample no. | Species and/or genotype identified bya:
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common name | Scientific name | RFLP | Sequence analysis | ||
| Gecko | Gekkoninae sp. | Switzerland | 1433 | C. parvum bovine genotype | C. parvum bovine genotype |
| Gecko | Gekkoninae sp. | Switzerland | 1507 | C. saurophilum and C. parvum bovine genotype | C. saurophilum |
| Gecko | Gekkoninae sp. | Switzerland | 1508 | C. parvum bovine genotype | C. parvum bovine genotype |
| Leopard gecko | Eublepharis macularius | Czech Republic | 1665 | C. serpentis | C. serpentis like |
| Leopard gecko | Eublepharis macularius | Czech Republic | 7381 | C. saurophilum | C. saurophilum |
| Green iguana | Iguana iguana | Switzerland | 1431 | C. saurophilum | C. saurophilum |
| Green iguana | Iguana iguana | Switzerland | 1432 | C. parvum bovine genotype | C. parvum bovine genotype |
| Green iguana | Iguana iguana | Switzerland | 1506 | C. saurophilum and C. parvum bovine genotype | ND |
| Desert monitor | Varanus griseus | Czech Republic | 1667 | C. serpentis | C. serpentis type B |
| Desert monitor | Varanus griseus | St. Louis Zoo | 340 | C. saurophilum | C. saurophilum |
| Desert monitor | Varanus griseus | St. Louis Zoo | 600 | C. sepentis | |
| Desert monitor | Varanus griseus griseus | St. Louis Zoo | 806 | C. serpentis | C. serpentis type A |
| Mangrove monitor | Varanus indicus | St. Louis Zoo | 808 | C. parvum mouse genotype | ND |
| Monitor | Varanus sp. | Switzerland | 1434 | C. saurophilum | C. saurophilum |
| Monitor | Varanus sp. | Switzerland | 1504 | C. saurophilum and C. parvum bovine genotype | C. saurophilum |
| Monitor | Varanus sp. | Switzerland | 1505 | C. saurophilum | C. saurophilum |
| Nile monitor | Varanus niloticus | Czech Republic | 1172a | C. serpentis | C. serpentis type B |
| Savannah monitor | Varanus exanthematicus | Czech Republic | 844 | C. serpentis | C. serpentis type B |
| Savannah monitor | Varanus exanthematicus | Washington, D.C. | 40 | C. serpentis | C. serpentis type B |
| Savannah monitor | Varanus exanthematicus | Washington, D.C. | 41 | C. serpentis | ND |
| Savannah monitor | Varanus exanthematicus | Washington, D.C. | 63 | C. serpentis | C. serpentis type B |
| Savannah monitor | Varanus exanthematicus | Washington, D.C. | 521 | C. serpentis lizard type | C. serpentis type B |
| Plated lizard | Gerrhosaurus sp. | St. Louis Zoo | 1786 | C. saurophilum | C. saurophilum |
| Skink | Mabuya perrotetii | Ghana | 956 | C. serpentis | C. serpentis type B |
| Star tortoise | Geochelone elegans | Louisville Zoo | 747 | Cryptosporidium tortoise genotype | Cryptosporidium tortoise genotype |
| Star tortoise | Geochelone elegans | Louisville Zoo | 750 | Cryptosporidium tortoise genotype | Cryptosporidium tortoise genotype |
| Star tortoise | Geochelone elegans | Louisville Zoo | 751 | Cryptosporidium tortoise genotype | Cryptosporidium tortoise genotype |
a
C. saurophilum, Cryptosporidium desert monitor genotype; ND, not sequenced.