Se han analizado helmintológicamente una serie de ejemplares de ofidios terrestres del este peninsular ibérico y los datos obtenidos se han comparado con los de otras serpientes ibéricas y europeas. Se ha detectado una notable pobreza de la helmintofauna de estos ofidios que se explica en términos de sus características bioecológicas, principalmente la estrategia de alimentación y la ocupación de hábitats secos. Snakes and parasitic helminths in Eastern Spain: the influence of habitat and lifestyle on the helminthfauna of Iberian snakes. A number of specimens of terrestrial snakes from the east of the Iberian Peninsula have been helminthologically analyzed and the obtained data were compared with those of other Iberian and European snakes. A remarkable poverty of the helminthfauna in these snakes has been identified, which is explained in terms of their bioecological characteristics, mainly the feeding habits and the occupation of dry habitats.