title: Eimeria schmidti n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the sandy fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in Saudi Arabia.
abstract: Eimeria schmidti n.sp. is described from the gall bladder of Acanthodactylus schmidti from Al-Thomama area in the central region of Saudi Arabia. Sporulated oocysts are ellipsoid 31.2 x 23.3 (26.9-36.4 x 21.2-26.0). Oocyst wall is smooth, greenish yellow, 1.31 (1.16-1.41) um thick and two-layered. Micropyle, polar granule and oocyst residuum are absent. Sporocysts are ellipsoid 12.6 x 9.3 (10.9-14.1 x 7.6-10.0) um. Sporocyst residuum is present. The sporocysts lack a stieda body. Sporozoites are banana shaped blunt at one end and tapered at the second end. Eimeria species from Lacertidae are compared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yousif
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: al-Sadoon
authors.forename: Y R
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: al-Shawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004539:Eimeria / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000469:parasitology*; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013170:Spores