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
editThis species was first described by Malagón and Salmeron in 1988.[1]
Distribution
editThis species was described in lizards found at Chila de la Sal, Puebla, Mexico.
Hosts
editThe 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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