title: A first record of Amblyomma dissimile (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) in Brazil.
abstract: A non-engorged adult female Amblyomma dissimile and two Amblyomma sp. larvae were found parasitizing the lizard Ameiva ameiva in the municipality of Chapadinha, State of Maranhão. This is the first record in the state of Maranhão and fills a gap in the distribution of A. dissimile in Brazil. The lizard A. ameiva represents a new host for A. dissimile, and also the first record of this tick species infesting lizards of the family Teiidae in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Herpetologia e Ecologia aplicada à Conservação, Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Av. dos Portugueses s/n, Campus do Bacanga, São Luis-MA, Brazil. suzanagms.lopes@gmail.com
authors.forename: Suzana Gomes
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Gilda Vasconcellos de
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Lívio Martins
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Costa-Júnior
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D026863:Ixodidae / Q000502:physiology*; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*