plasmodium attenuatum plasmodium attenuatum plasmodium attenuatum is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus carinamoeba. plasmodium attenuatum scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. attenuatum binomial name plasmodium attenuatumtelford, 1973 like all plasmodium species p. attenuatum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. taxonomy the parasite was first described by telford in 1973. distribution this species is found in venezuela. hosts this species infects the lizard ameiva ameiva.