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Leonardo Costa Fiorini1, Adriana Bentes Craveiro2, Márcia Cristina Mendes1
1Laboratório de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto Biológico - IB, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
Abstract:
The Boa constrictor is one of the world's largest vertebrate carnivores and is often found in urban areas in the city of Manaus, Brazil. The morphological identification of ticks collected from 27 snakes indicated the occurrence of Amblyomma dissimile Koch 1844 on all individuals sampled. In contrast, Amblyomma rotundatum Koch was found on only two snakes. An analysis of the 16S rRNA molecular marker confirmed the morphological identification of these ectoparasites.
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