Plasmodium fairchildi
Plasmodium fairchildi is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium". Like all "Plasmodium" species it has vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts are reptiles. The insect vector is not known. Description. This species was described by Telford in 1989. Geographic occurrence. This species has been described in the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Clinical features and host pathology. The only known host is the lizard "Anolis cupreus". Note. Two subspecies were recognised "Plasmodium fairchildi fairchildi" and "Plasmodium fairchildi hispaniolae" but the latter has been elevated to species level as "Plasmodium hispaniolae".