Ticks parasitizing reptiles in the Bahamas

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 326-328

  Durden, L A ^a   Knapp, C R ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c John G Shedd Aquarium ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma dissimile; Amblyomma torrei; Bahamas; Reptiles; Ticks

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; RANGE EXPANSION; REPTILE; SPECIES INVENTORY; TICK;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA DISSIMILE; AMBLYOMMA TORREI; BOA; CYCLURA CYCHLURA CYCHLURA; CYCLURA CYCHLURA FIGGINSI; EPICRATES STRIATUS; IGUANA; IXODIDAE; LEIOCEPHALUS CARINATUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; PARASITOLOGY; REPTILE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; IXODIDAE; REPTILES;

EID: 25444522690     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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