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Bont leg tick

Hyalomma aegyptium Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedarachnids

The bont leg tick (Hyalomma aegyptium) is a species in the family Ixodidae, order Ixodida.

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Quick facts about the bont leg tick

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bont leg tick live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bont leg tick as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. France
  2. Italy
  3. Poland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the bont leg tick endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bont leg tick classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyIxodidae
  6. genusHyalomma
  7. SpeciesHyalomma aegyptium Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Acarus aegyptius, Acarus testudinis, Cynorhaestes aegyptius, Hyalomma aegyptium, Hyalomma aegyptium punctata, Hyalomma aegyptium syriacum, Hyalomma affine, Hyalomma cornuger, Hyalomma punctata, Hyalomma suriacum, Hyalomma syriacum, Hyalomma syriacum punctata, Hyalomma testudinis, Ixodes aegyptius, Ixodes cornuger, Ixodes testudinis

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Bont legged tickEnglish
  • Tortoise hyalommaEnglish
  • Tortoise tickEnglish
  • قراد السلحفاةArabic
  • klíšť egyptskýCzech
  • SchildpadteekDutch
  • sköldpaddsfästingSwedish
  • Kaplumbağa KenesiTurkish
  • زجاجي العين المصريArabic

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bont leg tick

Other species in the same genus Hyalomma.

Camel tick

Hyalomma dromedarii

IxodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the bont leg tick an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the bont leg tick as introduced in 3 countries: France, Italy and Poland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the bont leg tick?

The bont leg tick (Hyalomma aegyptium) belongs to the family Ixodidae in the order Ixodida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bont leg tick (Hyalomma aegyptium). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bont-leg-tick

MLA

“Bont leg tick (Hyalomma aegyptium).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bont-leg-tick.

BibTeX
@misc{bont_leg_tick_2026,
  title = {Bont leg tick (Hyalomma aegyptium)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bont-leg-tick},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}