Unintentional transport of ticks into Taiwan on a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Gerrut Norval; Richard G. Robbins; Gennady Kolonin; Pei Jung Shiao; Jean Jay Mao

Unintentional transport of ticks into Taiwan on a king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

Gerrut Norval, Richard G. Robbins, Gennady Kolonin, Pei Jung Shiao, Jean Jay Mao

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Abstract

In April 2007, an adult king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, was exported from Malaysia to Taiwan. While the snake was in quarantine, six ticks were collected from the floor of its cage: Amblyomma cordiferum (one female), and Aponomma varanense (two males and three females). This appears to be the first report of the accidental transportation of ticks into Taiwan on imported reptiles.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	203-206
Number of pages	4
Journal	Herpetology Notes
Volume	2
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amblyomma cordiferum
Aponomma varanense
Ectoparasites
Importation

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