Abstract
The distribution of ixodid ticks was surveyed by flagging method from 1981 through 1983 within a low mountain zone of south-western part of Saitama Prefecture, and Haemaphysalis flava, Ixodes ovatus, I. nipponensis, I. tanuki and I. turdus were collected from eight survey areas. The forest types of these areas were roughly classified into three groups : the plantation of Sugi cedar and Hinoki cypress, the secondary forest composed of mainly Konara oak, and the patchily mixed forest of the above. H. flava was most widely distributed in the secondary forest and the plantation, and I. ovatus was abundant in the plantation, while I. nipponensis in the secondary and the mixed forest. The relationship between vegetative types and tick distribution was discussed. The hight preference of a host lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides for the secondary forest was suggested to be a factor affecting the distribution of I. nipponensis. Unstable humidity and temperature in a day at the ground stratum of the secondary forest were suggested to be a factor causing the low population of I. ovatus. For I. tanuki and I. turdus, no special feature of distribution was observed because of few individuals collected.
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