Species Plasmodium giganteum Theiler, 1930

Museums

Regional Maps

• Plasmodium giganteum Theiler, M. 1930. Special Protozoological Studies of the Blood. Protozoological Studies of smaller animals in Liberia. The African Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo. Contributions from the Department of Tropical Medicine and the Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine 5: 490-498.
• Plasmodium giganteum australis 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): Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829) [AGAMIDAE] Bearded Dragon (earlier combincations Ctenophorus barbatus, Amphibolurus barbatus; 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. (Pogona barbata)

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

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

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

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