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Malaria Parasites of the “Borriguerro'’Lizard, Ameiva ameiva (Sauria: Teiidae) in Panama *
Author(s) -
TELFORD SAM R.
Publication year - 1973
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.1550-7408.1973.tb00863.x
Subject(s) - teiidae , sauria , lizard , panama , gametocyte , biology , zoology , anatomy , ecology , malaria , plasmodium falciparum , immunology
SYNOPSIS. The teiid lizard Ameiva ameiva praesignis in Panama is parasitized by 2 species of Plasmodium: P. cnemidophori Carini and P. diminutivum sp. n. The Panamanian strain of P. cnemidophori has thick macrogametocytes which are larger than the oval microgametocytes, and schizonts which contain 42–119 nuclei. P. diminutivum is characterized by round to oval gametocytes which are usually smaller than the host cell nucleus; fan‐shaped schizonts with 4–6 nuclei; and prominently vacuolated young stages, with a thick band of chromatin along the periphery of the vacuole.