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Leguan tick

Amblyomma exornatum Koch, 1844

Status not recordedarachnids

The leguan tick (Amblyomma exornatum) is a species in the family Ixodidae, order Ixodida.

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Quick facts about the leguan 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 leguan tick live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the leguan 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 leguan 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 leguan tick classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyIxodidae
  6. genusAmblyomma
  7. SpeciesAmblyomma exornatum Koch, 1844

Synonyms Amblyomma neglectum, Aponomma exornatum, Aponomma neglectum, Aponomma rondelliae

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • LikkewaanbosluisAfrikaans
  • klíště zdobenéCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the leguan tick

Other species in the same genus Amblyomma.

Bont tick

Amblyomma hebraeum

IxodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the leguan tick an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the leguan tick?

The leguan tick (Amblyomma exornatum) 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). Leguan tick (Amblyomma exornatum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/leguan-tick

MLA

“Leguan tick (Amblyomma exornatum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/leguan-tick.

BibTeX
@misc{leguan_tick_2026,
  title = {Leguan tick (Amblyomma exornatum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/leguan-tick},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}