186 SNAKES OF CEYLON. 



Parasites.— (a) Ectozoa : The dhaman is very frequently 

 infested with ticks, which fasten themselves between the costal 

 scales or the ventral shields. Some that I sent to Professor 

 Nuttall, he tells me, are Aponomma laeve variety paradoxum. 



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Fig. 38. — Aponomma hcvr. Tick from Zaocys mucosus 

 (magnified about 18 diameters).. — (A) Ventral aspect. 

 (B) Dorsal aspect. 



