| ticks parasitizing reptiles in the bahamas. | two species of reptile ticks, amblyomma dissimile koch and amblyomma torrei pérez vigueras (acari: ixodidae), are reported from the bahama islands for the first time. the widespread neotropical (including the caribbean and southern florida) a. dissimile was recovered on andros island from three species of reptiles all for the first time: the andros iguana cyclura cychlura cychlura cuvier, the andros curly tail lizard leiocephalus carinatus coryi schmidt, and the andros boa epicrates striatus fow ... | 2005 | 16134982 |
| reptile-associated ticks from dominica and the bahamas with notes on hyperparasitic erythraeid mites. | ticks were collected or recorded from 522 individual reptiles on dominica and from 658 reptiles from the bahamas. two species of ticks were collected on dominica: amblyomma antillorum and amblyomma rotundatum. similarly, 2 species were collected in the bahamas: amblyomma albopictum and amblyomma torrei. on dominica, a. antillorum was recorded from 517 lesser antillean iguanas (iguana delicatissima), 2 boa constrictors (boa nebulosa), 1 antilles snake (alsophis sibonius), and 1 dominican ground l ... | 2015 | 25274575 |