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title: "Cayenne Tick"
description: "Amblyomma cajennense — Insetti e ragni. Amblyomma cajennense or Cayenne tick is a species of tick found in a range from the southern part of the United States to northern Argentina, through Central America and some of the Caribbean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cayenne-tick
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cayenne Tick

> Amblyomma cajennense — Insetti e ragni. Amblyomma cajennense or Cayenne tick is a species of tick found in a range from the southern part of the United States to northern Argentina, through Central America and some of the Caribbean.

- Scientific name: *Amblyomma cajennense*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 927
- Wikidata: [Q1588178](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588178)
- iNaturalist taxon: [263533](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/263533)

## Names

- en: Cayenne Tick
- es: Garrapata café
- pt: Carrapato-estrela

## Countries with the most observations

BR (212), MX (65), US (61), AR (9), GF (8), PA (7), BO (6), CR (4), EC (4), GT (3), NI (3), PE (3)

## Summary

Amblyomma cajennense or Cayenne tick is a species of tick found in a range from the southern part of the United States to northern Argentina, through Central America and some of the Caribbean. As a consequence, the species has adapted to a wide range of environmental conditions. There are also major geographic barriers such as large rivers and the Andes mountain range.
Debate exists over whether A. cajennense is a single species or a complex of species. In the 1930s, Maria Tonelli-Rondelli proposed that the morphological variation within the species indicated that it was a complex, while in the 1950s, this variation…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyomma_cajennense

## Photo

![Cayenne Tick](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cayenne-tick/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62116274

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cayenne-tick?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).