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This cestode is relatively less frequently reported in dogs, possibly because it is often misdiagnosed with the better-known <jats:italic>Dipylidium caninum<\/jats:italic>. The occurrence of <jats:italic>J. pasqualei<\/jats:italic> proglottids in a dog living in a closed environment triggered us to delve into the biology of this cestode by collecting biological samples from lizards and a road-killed cat. Two reptile species, <jats:italic>Podarcis siculus<\/jats:italic> (Lacertidae), and <jats:italic>Tarentola mauritanica<\/jats:italic> (Geckonidae) were also collected in the garden and its surroundings. In addition, experimental infections with eggs obtained from gravid proglottids were performed in laboratory mice, and <jats:italic>Tenebrio molitor<\/jats:italic> (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) beetles. Proglottids from the dog's feces and adult cestodes detected at necroscopy of a cat were morphologically identified as <jats:italic>J. pasqualei.<\/jats:italic> Two out of 13 <jats:italic>T. mauritanica<\/jats:italic> collected in the garden had natural infections of <jats:italic>J. pasqualei<\/jats:italic> cysts in the liver and attached to the intestine. All <jats:italic>P. siculus<\/jats:italic> lizards and experimentally infected rodents and beetles were negative. DNA sequences obtained from <jats:italic>J. pasqualei<\/jats:italic> showed the highest nucleotide similarities with <jats:italic>Versteria<\/jats:italic> sp., <jats:italic>Echinococcus<\/jats:italic> sp., <jats:italic>Raillietina sonini<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Taenia polyacantha<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>D. caninum<\/jats:italic>. Data herein provided show the inability of rodents to become infected by direct ingestion of gravid proglottids, suggesting a need for an invertebrate first intermediate host in the life cycle. 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