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Two New Trypanosomes from California Toads and Lizards
Author(s) -
AYALA STEPHEN C.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1970.tb04696.x
Subject(s) - biology , sandfly , zoology , toad , terminalia , bufo , kinetoplast , ecology , parasite hosting , leishmania , dna , genetics , world wide web , computer science
SYNOPSIS Trypanosoma bufophlebotomi n. sp. and T. scelopori n. sp. are described from the California toad Bufo boreas halophilus and the western fence lizard Sceloporus occidentalis , respectively. T. bufophlebotomi occurred in 15% of 39 toads examined and is characterized by a juxtanuclear, bipolar‐staining kinetoplast. The parasite may share a common ancestry with another sandfly‐transmitted trypanosome of toads from China. T. scelopori occurred in 0.4% of 758 lizards examined for malarial parasites. It may also develop in sandflies.