plasmodium marginatum plasmodium marginatum plasmodium marginatum is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus sauramoeba. as in all plasmodium species, p. marginatum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. plasmodium marginatum scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. marginatum binomial name plasmodium marginatumtelford, 1979 taxonomy the parasite was first described by telford in 1979. this species had previously been considered to be plasmodium tropiduri. description all stages tend to lie along the erythrocyte margin. while mature schizonts appear to be like flattened fans with 3 to 8 merozoites, immature schizonts are highly amoeboid. gametocytes are smaller than erythrocyte nuclei. distribution this species is found in central america and south america. hosts the only known host is the anole lizard anolis frenatus.