Ecology of ticks in a taxocenosis of snakes from the Serra do Mendanha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with new host records
We studied the ecology of ticks found in different species of a taxocenosis of snakes from the Serra do Mendanha, an area of Atlantic Rainforest located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Snakes were sampled monthly in the field during a period of 48 months. The specific identity o...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
2009-06-01
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Series: | Zoologia (Curitiba) |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702009000200016 |