Reptile Tick at Uriarra Village, ACT
Identification history
| Bothriocroton sp. (genus) | 16 Apr 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Ixodoidea (superfamily) | 29 Sep 2017 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 31 Aug 2017 | HarveyPerkins |
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User's notes
Three ticks in right ear opening of Eastern Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii
2 comments
AaronClausen
wrote:
1 Sep 2017
Are ticks in the ears of lizards a common thing? Weirdly when I was in Noosa National Park earlier this month, I found a pink tongued skink that had 2 ticks just behind his right arm as well...
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
1 Sep 2017
I'd have said very common. Probably more common than not in the larger lizards like bluetongues etc.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.942427-35.321716
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Uriarra Village, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 19 Feb 2017 02:54 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Bothriocroton sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Reptile Tick Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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