Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of the Nile monitor on Rusinga Island, Kenya.
In the course of a study of ticks of livestock, five Nile monitor lizard specimens were caught and examined for ticks. Although none of the tick species infesting livestock were found on the reptiles, a large number of adults and presumed nymphs and larvae of Aponomma flavomaculatum (Lucus) and adults of Amblyomma sparsum (Neumann) were collected. The ticks demonstrated a distinct predilection for their attachment sites. This is the second report of A. flavomaculatum from this part of Kenya.
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International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya.
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D000053:Acari / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007630:Kenya; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male