Rhinella major MULLER & HELMICH, 1936 (ANURA: BUFONIDAE): NEW HOST OF Amblyomma argentinae NEUMANN, 1905 (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN THE DRY CHACO OF ARGENTINA

José Augusto Ruiz García; Valeria Natalia  Debárbora; Jorge Abel  Céspedez

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.668

Rhinella major MULLER & HELMICH, 1936 (ANURA: BUFONIDAE): NEW HOST OF Amblyomma argentinae NEUMANN, 1905 (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN THE DRY CHACO OF ARGENTINA

Authors

José Augusto Ruiz García Laboratorio de Herpetología. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Naturales y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
Valeria Natalia Debárbora Laboratorio de Biología de los Parásitos. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Naturales y Agrimensura. (FaCENA), Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
Jorge Abel Céspedez Laboratorio de Herpetología. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Naturales y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.668

Keywords:

Chaco, ticks, toad, parasite-host association

Abstract

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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Published

2023-06-21

How to Cite

Ruiz García, J. A., Debárbora, V. N. ., & Céspedez , J. A. . (2023). Rhinella major MULLER & HELMICH, 1936 (ANURA: BUFONIDAE): NEW HOST OF Amblyomma argentinae NEUMANN, 1905 (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN THE DRY CHACO OF ARGENTINA. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 6(2), e668 (199 – 203). https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.668