Species Haemoproteus mackerrasi Paperna & Landau, 1991

Museums

Regional Maps

• Haemoproteus mackerrasi Paperna, I. & Landau, I. 1991. Haemoproteus (Haemosporidia) of lizards. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 13: 309-349.
• Haemocystidium simondi Castellani, A. & Willey, A. 1904. Observations on the Haematozoa of Vertebrates in Ceylon. (A preliminary note.). Spolia Zeylanica (ii): 78-92.

Generic Combinations

• Haemoproteus simondi (Castellani & Willey, 1904). —
  Wenyon, C.M. 1926. Protozoology. London : Bailliere, Tindall & Cox Pub.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845) [GEKKONIDAE] Bynoe’s Gecko (blood); Phyllurus platurus (White, 1790) [CARPHODACTYLIDAE] Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko (blood); Oedura tyroni De Vis, 1884 [GEKKONIDAE] Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko (blood); Gehyra variegata (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) [GEKKONIDAE] Tree Dtella (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Ayala, S.C. 1977. Plasmodia of reptiles. pp. 267-309 in Kreier, J.P. (ed.). Parasitic Protozoa. New York : Academic Press. (Oedura tyroni; Heteronotia binoei; Gehyra variegata; Phyllurus platurus)

Davies, A.J. & Johnston, M.R.L. 2000. The biology of some intraerythrocytic parasites of fishes, amphibia and reptiles. Advances in Parasitology 45: 1-109 (Gehyra variegata)

Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122 (Oedura tyroni; Heteronotia binoei; Gehyra variegata; Phyllurus platurus)

Paperna, I. & Boulard, Y. 2000. Fine structure of gametocytes in five species of Haemoproteus (Haemosporidia) from geckos and agamid lizards. Zoosystema 22: 443-457 (Heteronotia binoei)

Paperna, I. & Landau, I. 1991. Haemoproteus (Haemosporidia) of lizards. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 13: 309-349 (Heteronotia binoei)

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