plasmodium gologoense plasmodium gologoense plasmodium gologoense is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus lacertamoeba. like all plasmodium species p. gologoense has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. plasmodium gologoense scientific classification kingdom: protista phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemosporida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. gologoense binomial name plasmodium gologoense description the parasite was first described by telford in 1988. geographical occurrence this species was described in tanzania. clinical features and host pathology the only known hosts are chameleons (chamaeleo species)