Abstract
Eimeria auratae n. sp. was described from the gall bladder of the lizard
Mabuya aurata collected at Al-Hofuf village, eastern region, Saudi Arabia. Morphology of sporulated as well as non-sporulated oocysts were studied. Sporulated oocysts were ellipsoidal 22–31.5×13.5–21.8 (27.7×18.5) μm with smooth brownish-yellow bilayered wall, 1.1 (0.9–1.3) μm. Micropyle, polar granule and oocyst residuum were absent. Sporocysts were ellipsoidal 10.5–12.8×7.5–9 (11.8×8.5) μm. Sporocyst residuum was present but Stieda body was absent. Sporozoites were crescent-shaped, blunt at one end and slightly tapered at the other.
Eimeria species from
Scincidae were compared.