Rhinella major MULLER & HELMICH, 1936 (ANURA: BUFONIDAE): NEW HOST OF Amblyomma argentinae NEUMANN, 1905 (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN THE DRY CHACO OF ARGENTINA
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https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.668Keywords:
Chaco, ticks, toad, parasite-host associationAbstract
During herpetofauna monitoring in Misión Nueva Pompeya locality, Chaco province, Argentina, an adult individual of the toad Rhinella major was captured. We examined the specimen and found a tick attached to the ventral surface of its body. The tick was identified as a nymph of Amblyomma argentinae, an ectoparasite considered specific to reptiles. This finding is the first record of this parasite-host association, and increases the host range of A. argentinae up to 16 species.
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