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.
| Plasmodium pelaezi | |
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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. pelaezi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium pelaezi Malagón and Salmeron, 1988
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Description edit
This species was first described by Malagón and Salmeron in 1988.[1]
Distribution edit
This species was described in lizards found at Chila de la Sal, Puebla, Mexico.
Hosts edit
The only known host is the iguanid lizard Urosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus.
References edit
- ^ 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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