Plasmodium lacertiliae

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Plasmodium lacertiliae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. lacertiliae
Binomial name
Plasmodium lacertiliae
Thompson and Hart, 1946

Plasmodium lacertiliae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium .

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Like all Plasmodium species P. lacertiliae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Description

The parasite was first described by Thompson and Hart in 1946. [1]

Geographical occurrence

This species is found in New Guinea.

Clinical features and host pathology

Hosts of this species include the crocodile skink ( Tribolonotus species) and Leiolopisma fuscum .

References

  1. ↑ Thompson PE , Hart TA. (1946) Plasmodium lacertiliae n. sp., and Other Saurian Blood Parasites from the New Guinea Area. J. Parasitol. 79-82


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