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- ↑ Perkins, Susan L.; Austin, Christopher C. (2008). "Four new species of Plasmodium from New Guinea lizards: integrating morphology and molecules". Journal of Parasitology . 95 (2): 424–433. doi:10.1645/GE-1750.1. PMID 18823150. S2CID 37179038.
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