INVESTIGADORES
DEBARBORA Valeria Natalia
artículos
Título:
RHINELLA MAJOR MULLER & HELMICH, 1936 (ANURA: BUFONIDAE) NEW HOST OF AMBLYOMMA ARGENTINAE NEUMANN, 1905 (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN THE DRY CHACO FOF ARGENTINA
Autor/es:
RUIZ GARCÍA JOSÉ AUGUSTO; DEBÁRBORA, VALERIA N.; CESPEDES JORGE
Revista:
Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología
Editorial:
Sociedad Herpetológica Mexicana A. C.
Referencias:
Lugar: Coyoacán; Año: 2023 vol. 06
ISSN:
2594-2158
Resumen:
During herpetofauna monitoring in Misión Nueva Pompeya locality, Chaco province, Argentina, was captured an adult individual of the toad Rhinella major. We examined the specimen and found a tick attached in 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 expand the host range of A. argentinae up to 16 species.
