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A new Mexican species of saurian malaria parasite,Plasmodium (Sauramoeba) pelaezi, is described from the iguanid lizardUrosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus. Two out of 12 specimens collected at Chila de la Sal (Puebla, México) were found infected. The species is characterized by round and oval gametocytes. Schizonts are mostly round with a single mass of pigment and with 16 merozoites in mature forms. Gametocytes cause shrinkage of infected cells and schizonts render the host cell nuclei spherical.
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Malagón, F., Salmeron, M. Plasmodium (Sauramoeba) pelaezi n. sp., a malaria parasite of the mexican iguanid lizardUrosaurus bicarinatus bicarinatus (Dumeril, 1856) (Sauria: Iguanidae). Syst Parasitol 12, 141–148 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00000148
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