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Eyed tampan

Ornithodoros savignyi Audouin, 1827

Status not recordedarachnids

The eyed tampan (Ornithodoros savignyi) is a species in the family Argasidae, order Ixodida.

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Quick facts about the eyed tampan

Weight
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Length
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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 eyed tampan live?

Not recorded

Is the eyed tampan 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 eyed tampan classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyArgasidae
  6. genusOrnithodoros
  7. SpeciesOrnithodoros savignyi Audouin, 1827

Synonyms Argas pavimentosus, Argas savignyi, Argas schinzii, Ornithodoros morbillosus, Ornithodoros pavimentosus, Ornithodoros savignyi, Ornithodoros savignyi pavimentosus, Ornithodoros savignyi var. caecus, Ornithodoros schinzii, Ornithodoros tunisiacum

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • African eyed tampanEnglish
  • Sand tampanEnglish
  • SandtampanAfrikaans
  • KarapattiArabic
  • klíšťák SavignyhoCzech
  • Sagte BosluisAfrikaans

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the eyed tampan

Other species in the same genus Ornithodoros.

True tampan

Ornithodoros moubata

ArgasidaeNo free photo yet

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What kind of animal is the eyed tampan?

The eyed tampan (Ornithodoros savignyi) belongs to the family Argasidae in the order Ixodida.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Eyed tampan (Ornithodoros savignyi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eyed-tampan

MLA

“Eyed tampan (Ornithodoros savignyi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eyed-tampan.

BibTeX
@misc{eyed_tampan_2026,
  title = {Eyed tampan (Ornithodoros savignyi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eyed-tampan},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}