Species Plasmodium mackerrasae Telford, 1979

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• Plasmodium mackerrasae Telford, S.R.J. 1979. A malarial parasite of Australian skinks, Plasmodium mackerrasae sp. n. Journal of Parasitology 65: 409-413.

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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832) [SCINCIDAE] Cunningham’s Skink (blood); Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) [SCINCIDAE] Gidgee Skink (blood); Egernia striolata (Peters, 1870) [SCINCIDAE] Tree Skink (blood); Liopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804) [SCINCIDAE] White’s Skink (blood (exptl. infection); as Egernia whitii)).

Associated Fauna References

Schall, J.J. 1996. Malarial parasites of lizards: diversity and ecology. Advances in Parasitology 37: 255-333 (Egernia striolata; Egernia cunninghami; Liopholis whitii)

Telford, S.R. 1994. Plasmodia of reptiles. pp. 1-71 in Kreier, J.P. (ed.). Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press 2. (Egernia striolata; Egernia cunninghami; Liopholis whitii)

Telford, S.R. & Stein, J. 2000. Two malaria parasites (Apicomplexa: Plasmodiidae) of the Australian skink Egernia stokesii. Journal of Parasitology 86: 395-406 (Egernia stokesii)

Telford, S.R.J. 1979. A malarial parasite of Australian skinks, Plasmodium mackerrasae sp. n. Journal of Parasitology 65: 409-413 (Egernia striolata; Egernia cunninghami; Liopholis whitii)

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