title: Three new species of coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriorina) from the Marble-throated skink, Marmorosphax tricolor Bavay, 1869 (Reptilia: Scincidae), endemic to New Caledonia with a taxonomic revision of Eimeria spp. from scincid hosts.
abstract: Three new species of coccidia are described from Marble-throated skink Marmorosphax tricolor from New Caledonia, namely, Isospora bocagei sp. n., Acroeimeria rouxi sp. n., and Choleoeimeria sadlieri sp.n. All species differ markedly from other eimerian coccidia described from scincid hosts. Isospora marmorosphaxi develops extra-nuclearly in small intestine. A. rouxi develops epicitoplasmatically in small intestine. C. sadlieri affects the gall bladder mucosa. Generic affiliation of Eimeria-like coccidia from reptiles is discussed and all taxa (with adequate information on endogenous development available) from scincid hosts are revised and placed into genera Acroeimeria and Choleoeimeria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého 1-3, Brno, 612 42, Czech Republic. modryd@vfr.cz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Modrý
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jirků
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002965:Classification; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007549:Isospora / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D009510:New Caledonia; D013045:Species Specificity