Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 54 No. 2, 2023.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.54.2.4
First record of Ixodes ricinus (Acari; Ixodidae) in European glass lizard (Pseudopus apodus; Anguidae) and a review of ectoparasite studies in reptiles in Turkey
Gökhan Eren
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
Mehmet Ozturk
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
Ozlem Koc
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
Mustafa Acici
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
Abstract
Three adult European glass lizards (Pseudopus apodus Klembara) were caught in the garden of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University (Samsun, Turkey) and were observed to have a tick infestation. During macroscopic examination, tick samples were collected from the lateral groove on both sides of the lizard by using blunt-tip tweezers. All the samples were examined under the microscope and belonged to Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus) larvae and nymphs. This is the first report of a tick species or infestation in European glass lizard. In addition, we provide a detailed review of all studies conducted to date on reptile ectoparasites in Turkey.
Keywords
ectoparasite; reptile; veterinary herpetoparasitology
Hrčak ID:
279021
URI
Publication date:
14.8.2022.
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