plasmodium lacertiliae plasmodium lacertiliae plasmodium achiotense is a parasite of the genus plasmodium. like all plasmodium species p. lacertiliae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. plasmodium lacertiliae scientific classification kingdom: protista phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemosporida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. lacertiliae binomial name plasmodium lacertiliae description the parasite was first described by thompson and hart in 1946. geographical occurrence this species is found in new guinea. clinical features and host pathology hosts of this species include the crocodile skink (tribolonotus species) and leiolopisma fuscum.