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Plasmodium pelaezi

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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

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