The ixodid ticks collected from dogs and other animals in Taiwan and Kinmen Island

A total of 594 ticks were collected from the environment, dogs, cattle, goats, small mammals, birds, a turtle, a snake, a bat and a human. Morphological identification of 509 ticks resulted in the listing of the following species: Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, Rhipicephalus microplus, Haemaphysalis warburtoni, Haemaphysalis phasiana, Haemaphysalis campanulata, Ixodes acutitarsus and Amblyomma geoemydae.