Species Haemogregarina varanicola Johnston & Cleland, 1910

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• Haemogregarina varanicola Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian Reptilia. No. 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35: 677-685 [683, figs. 13-16].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Varanus gouldii (J.E. Gray, 1838) [VARANIDAE] Gould's Goanna (blood); Varanus varius (White, 1790) [VARANIDAE] Lace Monitor (blood); Varanus varius (White, 1790) [VARANIDAE] Monitor Lizard (as Varanus bellii Dumeril & Bibron, 1839; blood); Aponomma trimaculatum (Lucas, 1878) [IXODIDAE] Reptile Tick (intestine); Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) [VARANIDAE] Spotted Goanna (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Breinl, A. 1913. Parasitic protozoa encountered in the blood of Australian native animals. Report of the Australian Instute of Tropical Medicine 1911(April, 1913): 30-38 (Aponomma trimaculatum; Varanus tristis)

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1912. Species of haemoprotozoa met with during 1910 and 1911. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 74-83 (Varanus varius)

Cleland, J.B. & Johnston, T.H. 1912. Tabular statements of haematozoa occurring in wild and domesticated animals in Australia. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1912: 83-88 (Varanus varius)

Johnston, T.H. 1912. A census of Australian reptilian entozoa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 23: 233-249 (Varanus varius)

Johnston, T.H. 1912. Notes on some entozoa. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 63-91 [Printed 1913] (Varanus varius)

Johnston, T.H. 1916. A census of the endoparasites recorded as occurring in Queensland, arranged under their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 31-79 (Aponomma trimaculatum; Varanus tristis; Varanus varius)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1910. The haematozoa of Australian Reptilia. No. 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35: 677-685 (Varanus tristis; Varanus gouldii; Varanus varius)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1912. The Haematozoa of Australian Reptilia. No. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 479-491, pls xiii-xvi (Varanus varius)

Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122 (Varanus tristis; Varanus gouldii; Varanus varius)

Mackerras, M.J. 1962. The life history of a Hepatozoon (Sporozoa: Adeleidea) of varanid lizards in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 35-44 (Varanus tristis)

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