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The cane toad Rhinella marina provides a unique opportunity to investigate Neotropical ectoparasite communities, because individuals travel long distances and traverse multiple habitat...
Dec 31, 2020 · The cane toad Rhinella marina provides a unique opportunity to investigate Neotropical ectoparasite communities, because individuals travel long distances and traverse multiple habitat types, each inhabited by different species of ectoparasite including ticks (Ixodidae).
- Hans E.A. Boos
- 2002
Aug 24, 2020 · The cane toad Rhinella marina provides a unique opportunity to investigate Neotropical ectoparasite communities, because individuals travel long distances and traverse multiple habitat types,...
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Jun 13, 2020 · In this study, we aimed to identify the species of ticks currently infesting cattle across various agroecological zones of Uganda, as well as to provide a baseline investigation to a larger study on ticks and tick-borne diseases in Uganda (Malmberg and Hayer 2019).
- Stephen Balinandi, Stephen Balinandi, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Giulio Grandi, Teddy Nakayiki, William ...
- 10.1007/s00436-020-06742-z
- 2020
- Parasitol Res. 2020; 119(8): 2411-2420.
The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, one of the three families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species. They are known as 'hard ticks' because they have a scutum or hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' , lack.
- Ixodidae, C. L. Koch, 1844
- Arthropoda
Abstract. Sixty-one cane toads, R. marina, were captured by hand at four locations in Dade County, Florida, on May 9 (n=32) and September 3 (n=29) 2014. Toads were examined for...
May 31, 2012 · Investigating differences in the levels of tick parasitism in cane toad populations at four sites in northern Trinidad representing different habitat types found the effect of physical host characteristics on tick loads and the impact of ticks on cane toads health to be significant.
