Ticks external parasites attached to carapace between scutes on a South American Yellow-footed Tortoise Chelonoides denticulata

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Yellow-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulata). Rim of carapace with external parasites, ticks (Ammblyomma sp. ), attached at a joint, between costal scutes. Wild tortoise found in forest alongside Amerindian village of Nappi, near Maipaima Eco-lodge, Kanuku Mountains. Guyana.

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