plasmodium wenyoni plasmodium wenyoni plasmodium wenyoni is a parasite of the genus plasmodium. as in all plasmodium species, p. wenyoni has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles. plasmodium wenyoni scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. wenyoni binomial name plasmodium wenyonigarnham, 1965 taxonomy the parasite was first described by garnham in 1965. the original host was a thamnodynastes pallidus that died in a london zoo in 1934. distribution this species is found in brazil. hosts the only known hosts of this species are snakes. the insect vectors for this species are mosquitoes of the genus culex. fever in the infected snake is irregular.