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Gastrointestinal parasites are commonly seen in reptiles brought into a veterinary hospital, particularly in imported and wild caught specimens. Reptiles can serve as both definitive and intermediate hosts for several species of parasites. However, the ones which cause the most concern to veterinarians are nematodes, trematodes, cestodes, and protozoans, for whom lizards are definitive hosts, leading to shedding of the parasites through the gastrointestinal tract.

Gastrointestinal parasites are commonly seen in reptiles brought into a veterinary hospital, particularly in imported and wild caught specimens. Reptiles can serve as both definitive and intermediate hosts for several species of parasites. However, the ones which cause the most concern to veterinarians are nematodes, trematodes, cestodes, and protozoans, for whom lizards are definitive hosts, leading to shedding of the parasites through the gastrointestinal tract.

==Endoparasites==

==Endoparasites==

Routine faecal examinations and worming should be part of a standard [[Lizard and Snake Quarantine|quarantine]] procedure or part of regular examinations.

Routine faecal examinations and worming should be part of a standard [[Lizard and Snake Quarantine|quarantine]] procedure or part of regular examinations.

===Prevention===

===Prevention===