DISTRIBUTION 



The distribution of A. exornatim is th*e same as that of African 

 Varanus lizards* (Theiler"l945A; . To the best of my knowledge, V. 

 griseus is seldom or never infested by this species (for range oT 

 this lizard see page 279) • 



NORTH AFRICA ; ALGERIA (Neumann 1899,1911. Theiler 19'i5A). 



WEST AFRICA ; NI(3KIA (Northern part, Simpson 1912A) . FRENCH 

 WEST AFRICA (As Ixodes flavomac\jlatus ; Lucas 18^6. Neumann 1899, 

 1911. TonellURondelli 1932E. TKeiler 1945A. Rousselot 1951, 

 1953B. Villiers 1955). PORTUGESE GUINEA /^ As Aponorama sp. ; 

 Tendeiro (19/^7). As A. halli sp. nov. (nomen nudum j; Tendeiro 

 (19A.8). Described by^Tendeiro (1950). Also noted by Tendeiro 

 (1951C,D,1952A,C,D,1953,195A**). See IDENTIFICATION below and 

 Hoogstraal ll95UB)J . GOLD COAST (Hoogstraal 195AC). 



CENTRAL AFRICA ; FERNANDO PO (Schulze 19^3B, p. 131 footnote). 

 CAICROONS (Ziemann 1912 A. Rageau 1953A,B). FFJ:NCH EQUATORIAL 

 AFRICA (As A. arcanum ; Karsch 1879A. Schulze 1936E. Specimens 

 in CNHM, cfT HOSTS below). BELGIAII CONGO (Neumann 1911. Nuttall 

 and Warburton 1916. Schwetz 1927A,B,C,1932. Bequaert 1930B,1931. 

 Fain 19A9. Theiler 19^5A. Theiler and Robinson 195^)- 



NOTE; According to Theiler (correspondence), the record for 

 Ruanda-Urundi by Santos Dias {19^1d) is in error. 



EAST AFRICA; SUDAN (King 1911,1926. Hoogstraal 1954B). 



*V. n. niloticus is a widely ranging savannah form. Another sub- 

 species, ornatus, occurs in West African rainforests. V. _e. 

 exanthematicus ranges from Senegal to the Sudan. In Ethiopia, the 

 Somalileuids, and I'bzambique, V. e. mi crost ictus (= V. ocellatus ) 

 occurs. In Mozambiqxie south of Zambesi, Angola, and southern 

 Africa, V. e. albigularis occurs. ^Loveridge, correspondence_7 



**Tendeiro (1951D) also noted an "unnamed Aponomma species'" from 

 the same hosts in Portugese Gxiinea. 



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