Endogenous stages of Isospora acanthodactyli from sandy fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Endogenous stages of Isospora acanthodactyli from sandy fringed-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus schmidti) were described for the first time, in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Merogony and gamogony took place inside the host cell’s cytoplasm, in the distal part of the small intestine. Multinucleated meronts, microgamonts and macrogametes were described and measured.

Keywords: Isospora acanthodactyli, sandy fringed-toed lizard, Saudi Arabia, endogenous stages, Apicomplexa

African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 12(8), pp. 867-870