Gastrointestinal helminths of nine species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, one species from Cambodia and Thailand and two species from Vietnam Author Goldberg, Stephen R. Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, USA; Author Bursey, Charles R. Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, PA, USA; Author Grismer, L. Lee Department of Biology, LaSierra University, Riverside, CA, USA text Journal of Natural History 2015 2015-04-30 49 43 2683 2691 journal article 21078 10.1080/00222933.2015.1021877 403f9f4e-4605-43f6-9674-4071ce52f46f 1464-5262 4000965 Species of Physalopteroides are common in the Southern Hemisphere and are known from Africa, South America, Australia , South America and also Cuba ( Baker 1987 ). Physalopteroides sp. in C. peninsularis is a new host record. Physalopteridae gen. sp. include three subfamilies which occur in the stomachs of reptiles, birds and mammals, where they firmly attach to the gastric mucosa; only species in the Physalopterinae have been studied ( Chabaud 1975 ). Encysted physalopterid larvae are common in the digestive tracts of reptiles ( Jones 1995 ). As development to the adult does not occur, infected reptiles serve as paratenic (transport) hosts. Physalopteridae in C. limi and C. nuicamensis are new host records.