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The lizards Anolis sagrei, Leiocephalus carinatus, Hemidactylus mabouia, and Agama picticauda were experimentally exposed to C. penneri in 1 of these groups: (1) oral infection using a feces and saline slurry to approximate host coprophagy, (2) oral infection with a large meal to approximate host predation, and (3) venereal infection using a pipette to confirm sexual transmission. Experimental infections to test venereal transmission were successful in A. sagrei, A. picticauda, and H. mabouia, but were unable to establish infections in L. carinatus. In the predation exposures, A. picticauda, A. sagrei, and H. mabouia hosted infections, whereas L. carinatus were uninfected. Finally, coprophagy experimental infections did not result in infections for any species of host. Our study corroborates venereal transmission of C. penneri in multiple species of lizards and establishes predation as an alternative route of infection. Predation as an oral route of transmission may provide C. penneri an opportunity for interspecific transmission that would otherwise be unlikely during host copulation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1645\/23-111","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,26]],"date-time":"2024-08-26T23:39:02Z","timestamp":1724715542000},"page":"386-388","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Alternative Route of Transmission and Host Specificity of Cyrtosomum penneri in Florida's Invasive Lizards"],"prefix":"10.1645","volume":"110","author":[{"given":"Julia R.","family":"Legiec","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida 33801."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2211-364X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriel J.","family":"Langford","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida 33801."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1220","reference":[{"key":"2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"R. 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