plasmodium torrealbai plasmodium torrealbai plasmodium torrealbai is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus lacertaemoba. as in all plasmodium species p. torrealbai has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. plasmodium torrealbai scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. torrealbai binomial name plasmodium torrealbaiscorza and dagbert, 1957 taxonomy the parasite was first described by scorza and dagbert in 1957. description the trophozoites are irregularly shaped with filiform extensions. the schizonts contain 8 to 20 nuclei arranged in a fan. pigment is present at the base of the fan. the merozoites are elongate. the gametocytes are ovoid to elongate. distribution this species is found in venezuela. vectors not known. hosts this species has been found in anolis species.