Plasmodium intabazwe
Appearance
Plasmodium intabazwe | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
Class: | Aconoidasida |
Order: | Haemospororida |
Family: | Plasmodiidae |
Genus: | Plasmodium |
Species: | P. intabazwe
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium intabazwe van As et al, 2016
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Plasmodium intabazwe is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba.
As in all Plasmodium species, P. intabazwe has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
Taxonomy
[edit]This parasite was first described by van As et al in 2016.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in Africa and nearby islands.
Hosts
[edit]This parasite infects the common crag lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus).
References
[edit]- ^ van As J, Cook CA, Netherlands EC, Smit NJ (2016) A new lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium intabazwe n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Haemospororida: Plasmodiidae) in the Afromontane Pseudocordylus melanotus (Sauria: Cordylidae) with a review of African saurian malaria parasites. Parasit Vectors 9(1):437