A unique malaria parasite species was found in 1/1 Spilotes pullatus (Colubridae) and 1/70 Lachesis muta (Crotalidae) from the moist Atlantic lowland forests of eastern Costa Rica. It is distinguished ...
Plasmodium lionatum n. sp. parasitizes the flying gecko, Ptychozoon lionatum, in southern Thailand. Schizonts were smaller than the host cell nucleus and produced 4 to 6 merozoites that were often ...