title: Fallisia parasites (Haemosporidia: Plasmodiidae) from the flying lizard, Draco maculatus (Agamidae) in Thailand.
abstract: Plasmodium (Fallisia) siamense n. sp. was described from the flying lizard Draco maculatus (Agamidae) collected near Bangkok, Thailand. Parasitic in thrombocytes, it produces 18-64 merozoites in schizonts that are larger than the usually oval gametocytes. Both gametocyte sexes showed a prominent nucleus, elongate in macrogametocytes and triangular in microgametocytes. This is the first Fallisia parasite described from a host outside the Neotropical Region, although presence of the genus in Australasia was reported 40 years ago, without formal taxonomic designation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D010961:Plasmodium / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013785:Thailand