Abstract

From lizards caught in the Codajaz region, Amazonas, Brazil, the following malaria parasites are described:Plasmodium rhadinurum Thompson & Huff, 1944 from Iguana iguana L.A species of Plasmodium from Ameiva ameiva L.A species of Plasmodium from Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Daudin).I wish to express my thanks to the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (I.N.P.A.) at Manaus for their help in the collection of material; to Professor P. C. C. Garnham, C.M.G., F.R.S., for assistance in identification, and to Mr P. E. Nesbitt for advice on staining procedures. This work was carried out during the tenure of a Medical Research Council Scholarship for Training in Research Methods.

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