HAEMOGREGARINA-DAMIETTAE SP-N, A BLOOD PARASITE OF THE LACERTID ACANTHODACTYLUS-BOSKIANUS IN EGYPT

During a recent survey on the protozoan blood parasites of some Egypti an reptiles, 61.04% of Acanthodactylus boskianus collected from Damiet ta Governorate had a hitherto undescribed species of haemogregarine wh ich is described below as Haemogregarina damiettae sp. n. The parasita emia was exceptionally high, allowing for detailed morphological study of various blood forms of the parasite, These stages are compared wit h the corresponding forms described before from Bose's lizard.