Table 1.
Number of amphibians and reptiles captured and infested with ticks in San Juan de Carare, Colombia (6° 42 ′58 0.20″N/74° 08 ′02 0.71″W), between March 2017 and May 2018.
| Urban environment |
Sylvatic environment |
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| Order | Species | Abundance | Number of hosts infested with ticks | Abundance | Number of hosts infested with ticks | Prevalence (%) |
| Squamata | Basiliscus basiliscus | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 |
| Squamata | Boa constrictor | 1 | 1 | – | – | 100 |
| Squamata | Chironius spixii | – | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| Squamata | Corallus ruschenbergerii | 4 | – | 16 | 2 | 10 |
| Squamata | Iguana iguana | 5 | 4 | 4 | – | 44.4 |
| Squamata | Leptoderia septemptrionalis | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Squamata | Leptophis ahaetulla | – | – | 2 | – | 0 |
| Squamata | Mastigodryas pleei | – | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| Squamata | Pseudoboa neuwiedii | – | – | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Anura | Rhinella horribilis | 2 | 1 | – | – | 50 |
| Squamata | Tupinambis teguixin | – | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| TOTAL | 14 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 21.3 | |