Global InformationPlasmodium mexicanum information
| Plasmodium mexicanum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. mexicanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium mexicanum Thompson and Huff, 1944
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Plasmodium mexicanum is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Paraplasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. mexicanum has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are reptiles.