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Python tick

Amblyomma transversale Lucas, 1845

Status not recordedarachnids

The python tick (Amblyomma transversale) is a species in the family Ixodidae, order Ixodida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Cameroon.

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Quick facts about the python 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the python tick live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The python tick is listed for 1 country.

Cameroon
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Cameroon

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyIxodidae
  6. genusAmblyomma
  7. SpeciesAmblyomma transversale Lucas, 1845

Synonyms Africaniella transversale, Aponomma globulus, Aponomma transversale, Ixodes globulus, Ixodes transversalis, Neumaniella transversale

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • LuislangbosluisAfrikaans

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the python 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.

Where does the python tick live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the python tick for 1 country: Cameroon. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the python tick an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the python tick?

The python tick (Amblyomma transversale) 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). Python tick (Amblyomma transversale). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/python-tick

MLA

“Python tick (Amblyomma transversale).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/python-tick.

BibTeX
@misc{python_tick_2026,
  title = {Python tick (Amblyomma transversale)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/python-tick},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}