Plasmodium wenyoni

Plasmodium wenyoni is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. As in all Plasmodium species, P. wenyoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.

Plasmodium wenyoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. wenyoni
Binomial name
Plasmodium wenyoni Garnham, 1965

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Garnham in 1965.^[1] The original host was a Thamnodynastes pallidus that died in a London zoo in 1934.

Distribution

This species is found in Brazil.

Hosts

The only known hosts of this species are snakes.

The insect vectors for this species are mosquitoes of the genus Culex.

Fever in the infected snake is irregular.