Revision of Acanthotaenia von Linstow, 1903 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae), parasites of monitors (Varanus spp.), based on morphological and molecular data

Chambrier, Alain de; Brabec, Jan; Tran, Binh T.T.; Scholz, Tomáš

doi:10.1007/s00436-019-06326-6

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“…Currently, there are 81 extant species of monitor lizards, all of which belong to the genus Varanus Merrem (Auliya & Koch 2020). Like other reptiles, monitor lizards harbor a variety of eukaryotic parasitic taxa ranging from helminths to acarines (Schad 1959;Jones 2007;Bayless 2007;Christoffersen & De Assis 2013;de Chambrier et al 2019). Among ectoparasites, ixodid ("hard") ticks belonging to the genus Amblyomma (bont ticks) are the most common group found on monitor lizards (Auffenberg & Auffenberg 1990;Guglielmone et al 2020).…”

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Host associations of the Asian monitor lizard tick Amblyomma varanense (Supino, 1897) (Ixodida: Ixodidae), with a new host record from the Philippines

AMARGA,

ROBBINS,

LIN

2023

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Amblyomma varanense (Supino) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) is a reptile-associated bont tick native to the Oriental and Australasian zoogeographic regions. This species is primarily ectoparasitic on monitor lizards (Varanidae) and snakes but has been reported to occasionally occur on turtles and mammals. Prior to the research described here, only one collection of A. varanense had been reported from the Philippines. Herein, we present a second Philippines collection of A. varanense as well as updated host records across this tick’s geographic range and an overview of associated microbes with zoonotic potential.

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