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I'll second southsamurai and agree with Rhipicephalus sanguineus, the brown dog tick. Shape of the capitulum checks out, it has visible eyes, similar body and so on.
Visible eyes? Capitulum? Would not know where to look for that. Is there any online resource where I can learn on that?
Wikipedia is a good starting point, then you have this
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-3-26
And you can also search online for how to ID ticks, you have visual guides and such
Thanks! Had seen that paper once you guys pointed me to R. sanguineus and I had a chance to shower the kid.
I also found this site useful for ticks anatomy, on TicksSafety.com.