Devriesea agamarum ASSOCIATED DERMATITIS IN A SPECIMEN OF BEARDED DRAGON, Pogona vitticeps (AHL, 1926) (SQUAMATA: AGAMIDAE) IN PARAGUAY

J. Richard  Vetter-Hiebert; María Fátima Rodríguez; Edith Ruiz Díaz; Héctor Ramón López

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.967

Authors

J. Richard Vetter-Hiebert
María Fátima Rodríguez
Edith Ruiz Díaz
Héctor Ramón López

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.967

Keywords:

Actinobacteria, blood agar, propolis, Agamidae

Abstract

Devriesea agamarum is a gram-positive bacterium associated with bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps), but with great pathogenic potential in lizards of the family Agamidae. In this paper we report a case of dermatitis associated with D. agamarum in a bearded dragon in Paraguay, which is the first report of the pathogen in the country.

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