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Authors
Mlangeni, Lungile N.
Ramatla, Tsepo
Price, Cormac
Thekisoe, Oriel
Weldon, Che
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
North-West University
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Article History
Received: 16 May 2025
Accepted: 17 July 2025
First Online: 2 August 2025
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: I declare that the authors have no competing interests as defined by Nature Research, or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper.
: The study protocol was approved by the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Ethics Committee (NWU-00770-23-A5) of North‒West University. A collection permit for reptiles was obtained from Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (ZA/LP/44171/2022), and Sect. 20 clearance for working with animal parasites and pathogens was obtained from the Dept. of Agriculture Land Reform and Rural Development.
