Species Plasmodium egerniae Mackerras, 1961

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Regional Maps

• Plasmodium egerniae Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Bellatorias major (Gray, 1845) [SCINCIDAE] Land Mullet (as Egernia major; 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. (Bellatorias major)

Garnham, P.C.C. 1966. Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. Oxford : Blackwell Scientific Publishers 1114 pp. (Bellatorias major)

Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122 (Bellatorias major)

Schall, J.J. 1996. Malarial parasites of lizards: diversity and ecology. Advances in Parasitology 37: 255-333 (Bellatorias major)

Telford, S.R. 1994. Plasmodia of reptiles. pp. 1-71 in Kreier, J.P. (ed.). Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press 2. (Bellatorias major)

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