plasmodium fairchildi plasmodium fairchildi plasmodium fairchildi is a parasite of the genus plasmodium. plasmodium fairchildi scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. fairchildi binomial name plasmodium fairchildi 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.