Parasitic ticks
Title | Info |
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Common name | Iguana, Black or Ctenosaur; Tick |
Scientific name | Ctenosaura similis; Amblyoma |
Taxonomic group | Iguanidae; Ixodidae |
Source | Dan L. Perlman |
Ecological interactions | Parasitism |
Organisms | Animals |
Animals | Arachnids |
Lessons | Parasitism |
Date | 1990 |
Location | Palo Verde National Park,Guanacaste,Costa Rica,North America |
Parasitism, closeup view of ctenosaur tail covered with ticks, Costa Rica. This ctenosaur, or black iguana, had hundreds of ticks on it. There are so many that at a quick glance one might mistake the ticks for scales on the tail.