Amblyomma dissimile (Acari: Ixodidae) in Hydrodynastes gigas (Squamata: Colubridae) in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brasil - Short Communication

Authors

  • Cristine Dossin Bastos Fischer Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS
  • Vanessa Daniele Mottin Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS
  • Márcia Heerdt Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS
  • Thiago Filadelfo Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA
  • Victor Hermes Ceresér Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS
  • Maria Teresa Queirolo Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS
  • Mariangela Costa Allgayer Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2009.26790

Keywords:

Snake, Hydrodynastes gigas, False water cobra, Tick, Amblyomma dissimile

Abstract

Hydrodynastes giga (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) best known as false water cobra, is a big-sized snake, which lives in Northern, Middle-western, Southeastern and Southern Brazil and might be infested by ectoparasites, such as ticks from the Amblyomma genus. In December 2007 three ticks were manually collected from a H. gigas in the Miranda wetlands, MS, Brazil (19º51'-19º58'S; 56º17'-56º24'W). All ticks were placed in identified bottles and then sent to the Laboratório de Parasitologia of ULBRA Veterinary Hospital, Canoas, RS, where the identification of three males of the Amblyomma dissimile species was carried out. This note is the first report of A. dissimile parasitizing snakes of the H. gigas species in the Miranda wetlands, MS, Brazil.

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Published

2009-10-01

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 5 (2009)

Section

UNDEFINIED

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How to Cite

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Fischer CDB, Mottin VD, Heerdt M, Filadelfo T, Ceresér VH, Queirolo MT, et al. Amblyomma dissimile (Acari: Ixodidae) in Hydrodynastes gigas (Squamata: Colubridae) in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brasil - Short Communication. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2009 Oct. 1 [cited 2024 Apr. 25];46(5):400-3. Available from: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26790