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<i>Plasmodium pelaezi</i>

Plasmodium pelaezi

Species of single-celled organism

Plasmodium pelaezi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba. As in all Plasmodium species P. pelaezi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.

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Description

This species was first described by Malagón and Salmeron in 1988.[1]

Distribution

This species was described in lizards found at Chila de la Sal, Puebla, Mexico.

Hosts

The only known host is the iguanid lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus.

References

  1. [1]
    Malagón, F.; Salmeron, M. (1988). "Plasmodium (Sauramoeba) pelaezi n. sp., a malaria parasite of the Mexican iguanid lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus (Dumeril, 1856) (Sauria: Iguanidae)". Systematic Parasitology. 12 (2): 141–148. doi:10.1007/BF00000148. S2CID 7993585.


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