A case of an incidental Strongyloides stercoralis infection in the intestine of an Indian monitor lizard ( Varanus bengalensis ).

The present study reports a case of an incidental Strongyloides stercoralis infection in the intestine of an Indian monitor lizard ( Varanus bengalensis ). Nematode larvae were embedded in the mucosa of the small intestine. The nematodes were small, whitish in colour and measures (2.16 ± 69.85) mm length and (206.75 ± 38.85) µm width. Histopathologically, the intestine showed tufting of degenerated surface epithelium. There was presence of sections of the nematodes within the mucosa of the intestinal epithelium.