Plasmodium beltrani

Plasmodium beltrani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. beltrani
Binomial name
Plasmodium beltrani
Peláez and Perez-Reyes, 1952

Plasmodium beltrani is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba. As in all Plasmodium species, P. beltrani has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are spiny lizards.