Plasmodium intabazwe
| Plasmodium intabazwe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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