Plasmodium josephinae

Plasmodium josephinae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba. It was described in 1967 by Peláez.[1] As in all Plasmodium species, P. josephinae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.[2]

Plasmodium josephinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromista
Subkingdom: Harosa
Infrakingdom: Halvaria
Superphylum: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. josephinae
Binomial name
Plasmodium josephinae
Peláez, 1967

Taxonomy

This species was described by Peláez in 1967.

Distribution

This species occurs in Mexico.

References

  1. Gerald Hoff, ed. (6 December 2012). Diseases of Amphibians and Reptiles. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 436. ISBN 9781461593911.
  2. Samuel R. Telford, Jr. (19 April 2016). Hemoparasites of the Reptilia: Color Atlas and Text. CRC Press. p. 95. ISBN 9781420080414.


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