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Plasmodium australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Protista;
Phylum:	Apicomplexa;
Class:	Aconoidasida;
Order:	Haemosporida;
Family:	Plasmodiidae;
Genus:	Plasmodium;
Species:	P. australis;
Binomial name
	Plasmodium australis;

Plasmodium australis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.

Like all Plasmodium species P. australis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.

[edit] Description

The parasite was first described by Mackerras in 1961 and was designated as Plasmodium giganteum. It was redescribed in 1988 by Telford who recognised it as a separate species. ^[1]

[edit] Geographical occurrence

This species is found in Australia.

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

[edit] References

^ Telford JR 1988. A contribution to the systematics of the reptilian malaria parasites, family Plasmodiidae (Apicomplexa: Haemosporina). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 34: 65–96

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[Telford1988-0] Telford JR 1988. A contribution to the systematics of the reptilian malaria parasites, family Plasmodiidae (Apicomplexa: Haemosporina). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 34: 65–96

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[edit] Description

[edit] Geographical occurrence

[edit] Clinical features and host pathology

[edit] References