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The remarkable diversity of these host-parasite associations and inadequate research on certain parasite groups have resulted in controversial haemosporidian taxonomy. Herein, we rediscover erythrocytic and non-erythrocytic haemosporidians infecting golden tegus (<jats:italic>Tupinambis teguixin<\/jats:italic>) from Brazil and Colombia. The erythrocyte-inhabiting parasite belongs to <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic> sp., and the non-erythrocytic form was identified as <jats:italic>Saurocytozoon tupinambi<\/jats:italic>, previously attributed to the Family Leucocytozoidae. These non-pigmented haemosporidian parasites do not multiply in the blood. The relationships between the <jats:italic>Saurocytozoon<\/jats:italic> and Leucocytozoidae species were discussed for many years, especially during the 1970s. However, cytochrome b (<jats:italic>cytb<\/jats:italic>) sequences and the mitochondrial genomes recovered for this species strongly support classifying this parasite as a <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic> taxon. Therefore, we proposed a new combination for this parasite, <jats:italic>Plasmodium<\/jats:italic> (<jats:italic>Saurocytozoon<\/jats:italic>) <jats:italic>tupinambi<\/jats:italic> comb. nov., where <jats:italic>Saurocytozoon<\/jats:italic> is retained as a subgenus due to its distinct morphology. These results reinforce that a broader definition of Plasmodiidae must include saurian parasites that develop non-pigmented leucocytozoid-like gametocytes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0031182025000381","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,28]],"date-time":"2025-03-28T07:48:38Z","timestamp":1743148118000},"page":"583-601","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Phylogenetic assessment of <i>Plasmodium<\/i> (<i>Saurocytozoon<\/i>) <i>tupinambi<\/i> comb. nov. (Haemosporida, Plasmodiidae) in golden tegu lizards: shedding light on a long-standing Haemosporida taxonomic puzzle"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"152","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7543-168X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amanda M.","family":"Picelli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"M. 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