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FIRST RECORD OF AMBLYOMMA ROTUNDATUM KOCH 1844 (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN
RHINELLA MARINA LINNAEUS 1758 (ANURA: BUFONIDAE), ACRE STATE, WESTERN
AMAZON
PRIMER REGISTRO DE AMBLYOMMA ROTUNDATUM KOCH 1844 (ACARI: IXODIDAE) EN
RHINELLA MARINA LINNAEUS 1758 (ANURA: BUFONIDAE), ESTADO DE ACRE,
AMAZONIA OCCIDENTAL
1Federal University of Acre, Herpetology Laboratory, BR 364 km 04, Industrial District, CEP 69915-900, Rio Branco city,
Acre state, Brazil.
2Federal University of Acre, Ichthyology Laboratory, BR 364 km 04, Industrial District, CEP 69915-900, Rio Branco city,
state Acre, Brazil. jaillini@gmail.com
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ABSTRACT
This paper describes the first record of Amblyomma rotundatum Koch 1844 in Rhinella marina Linnaeus,
1758 a forested region of western Amazonia, Brazil.
Keywords: Brazil – Rhinella – Tick
1* 2 2
Jailini Silva Araújo; Fabiano Corrêa & Renata Flor Saldanha;
1 2
Moisés Barbosa Souza & Lisandro Juno Soares Vieira
RESUMEN
Este artículo describe el primer registro de A Amblyomma rotundatum Koch 1844 en Rhinella marina
Linnaeus, 1758, un fragmento forestal de la Amazonia occidental, Brasil.
Palabras clave: Brasil– garrapata – Rhinella
INTRODUCTION amphibians, has a reproduction by parthenogenesis
and present about 33 described species (Onofrio et
al., 2002). Its distribution is from the southern
United States to Argentina (Barros-Batesti et al.,
2006), and in some Brazilian states have been
reported occurrence of A. rotundatum in
Amblyomma rotundatum (Koch 1844) is
popularly known as "sapo tick", of which parasitize
pecilothermic animals such as reptiles and
state, Brazil. The area has approximately 1,500 has,
with dense ombrophilous forest and open
ombrophylous forest patches (Medeiros et al.,
th
2013). Ticks were found on 4 August/2016,
collected with tweezers aid and placed in a bottle
containing 70% alcohol ethyl. Posteriorly the ticks
were transferred to the Laboratory of Herpetologia
and identified with the aid of a stereoscopic
microscope using specialized bibliography
(Aragão & Fonseca, 1961) and confirmed by
specialist area (Marcelo Labruna - Federal
University of São Paulo).
Three individuals female were collected from A.
rotundatum, of which parasitize different locations
in body R. marina, such as the rear left limb, cloaca
and abdomen, moreover noted a skin hematoma on
the left hind limb (Fig. 1). Lainson et al. (2007)
amphibians, snakes and lizards (Antonucci ., et al
2011; Luz & Faccini, 2013), especially in the north
and Midwest of Brazil. In relation to the impacts of
this ectoparasite, they are skin and blood problems,
causing problems in the individual life cycle
(Wohel Jr., 2007). For example, in the state of
Rondonia, Brazil, Terassini et al. (2011) describe
the tick infestation in Linnaeus Rhinella marina
1758, divided in two species spp. and Amblyomma
A. rotundatum. However, for the western Amazon
region, studies have reported the occurrence to this
ectoparasite in amphibian species is still scarce,
this paper first record occurrence of A. rotundatum
in , a forest fragment of western Rhinella marina
Amazonia, Brazil.
Two individuals of R. marina were manually
captured in the forest fragment of Catuaba
(10°04'S/67°37'W), Senador Guiomard city, Acre
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MATERIAL AND METHODS
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Figure 1. Captured individual of the Rhinella marina, the red circle indicated the parasite of the Amblyomma rotundatum on belly
(A), individual of the R. marina with hematoma on the member (B) and expansion of the hematoma in picture (C). Picture by
Fabiano Corrêa.
emphasizes the vector function A. rotundatum the
transmission of Hemolivia stellata Petit et al., (
1990 one hemoparasite occurring between )
protozoan species of frogs, causing different
damage to the host organism. A. rotundatum has
confirmed distribution in several Brazilian states;
however this is the first report of parasitism in R.
marina for the Acre state. Future studies are
necessary to better understand disease processes,
parasitic interactions and impacts on amphibian
communities in this important forest fragment of
the western Amazon.
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