Demansia Psammophis (Yellow-Faced Whip Snake), Notechis Scutatus (Tiger Snake), Pogona Barbata (Eastern Bearded Dragon). Ectoparasite.

Ticks are common ectoparasites of many reptiles. With the exception of a few species, such as Ornithodoros moubata and Otobius lagophilus, in which some instars do not feed (Bacha 1957. J. Parasitol. 43:560–565;Davis 1947. J. Parasitol. 33:495), almost all tick instars are haematophagous and tend to be behaviorally and physiologically adapted to parasitize particular hosts (McCoy et al. 2013. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 3:57). A fundamental aspect in the understanding of the natural history of ticks is therefore to determine which hosts it utilizes at different stages of its lifecycle, and of the nearly 1000 recognized tick species, the natural history of many remains poorly known (Hoogstraal 1985. Adv. Parasitol.24:135–238).