Plasmodium saurocaudatum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Plasmodium saurocaudatum | |
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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. saurocaudatum
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Binomial name | |
Plasmodium saurocaudatum Telford, 1983
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Description
editLike all Plasmodium species, P. saurocaudatum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.
The parasite was first described by Telford in 1983.[1]
Geographical occurrence
editThis species is found in Southeast Asia.
Clinical features and host pathology
editThe only known host is the many-lined sun skink (Mabuya multifasciata).
References
edit- ^ Telford, S. R. Jr. (1983). "Plasmodium saurocaudatum sp.n., a parasite of Mabuya multifasciata in southeast Asia". J. Parasitol. 69 (6): 1150–1155. doi:10.2307/3280881. JSTOR 3280881.