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Hinged tortoise bont tick

Amblyomma nuttalli Dönitz, 1909

Status not recordedarachnids

The hinged tortoise bont tick (Amblyomma nuttalli) is a species in the family Ixodidae, order Ixodida.

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Quick facts about the hinged tortoise bont 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 hinged tortoise bont tick live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hinged tortoise bont tick as introduced in 1 country.

  1. 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 hinged tortoise bont 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 hinged tortoise bont tick classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyIxodidae
  6. genusAmblyomma
  7. SpeciesAmblyomma nuttalli Dönitz, 1909

Synonyms Amblyomma nuttalli, Amblyomma rugosum, Amblyomma silvai, Amblyomma werneri, Amblyomma werneri typicum, Amblyomma werneri werneri

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Pan-African tortoise tickEnglish
  • klíště subsaharskéCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hinged tortoise bont tick

Other species in the same genus Amblyomma.

Bont tick

Amblyomma hebraeum

IxodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Is the hinged tortoise bont tick an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hinged tortoise bont tick as introduced in 1 country: Poland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the hinged tortoise bont tick?

The hinged tortoise bont tick (Amblyomma nuttalli) 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). Hinged tortoise bont tick (Amblyomma nuttalli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hinged-tortoise-bont-tick

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{hinged_tortoise_bont_tick_2026,
  title = {Hinged tortoise bont tick (Amblyomma nuttalli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hinged-tortoise-bont-tick},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}