Parasitism by Amblyomma rotundatum on Teiidae lizards in the eastern part of the state of Acre, Brazil.
Journal
Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria
ISSN: 1984-2961
Titre abrégé: Rev Bras Parasitol Vet
Pays: Brazil
ID NLM: 9440482
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
16
03
2023
accepted:
04
07
2023
medline:
8
9
2023
pubmed:
6
9
2023
entrez:
6
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of the present study was to report on the occurrence of parasitism by Amblyomma rotundatum ticks on two species of Teiidae lizards and test the presence of rickettsiae in the collected ticks, in the western Brazilian Amazon region. Ticks were collected in July 2019, from a fragment of terra firme forest in the municipality of Senador Guiomard, Acre, Brazil. Two lizards that were infested by immature stages of ticks were caught using mist net and Tomahawk traps. Ectoparasites were collected manually, and the lizard specimens were identified and released at the same location where they had been caught. Three nymphs and 49 larvae were collected from Ameiva ameiva, while 25 nymphs and nine larvae were collected from Tupinambis cuzcoensis, which are both in the family Teiidae. The ticks were identified morphologically as belonging to the genus Amblyomma. Nymphs were identified at species level through molecular analysis, resulting in the tick species Amblyomma rotundatum. This is the first record of parasitism by the tick A. rotundatum on T. cuzcoensis lizard, and the first report of an association between A. rotundatum and the lizard species A. ameiva and T. cuzcoensis in Acre, in the western part of the Amazon region.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37672468
pii: S1984-29612023000300406
doi: 10.1590/S1984-29612023050
pmc: PMC10503821
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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