redescription of haemogregarina garnhami (apicomplexa: adeleorina) from the blood of psammophis schokari (serpentes: colubridae) as hepatozoon garnhami n. comb. based on molecular, morphometric and morphologic characters. | hepatozoon garnhami n. comb. was redescribed from schokari sand snakes (psammophis schokari) collected from riyadh city in saudi arabia. gametocytes were found in the peripheral blood of 2 of 15 snakes examined. based on the similar morphological and morphometric characteristics, the same host and a similar host habitat environment, it can be concluded for the first time that the present species is conspecific with haemogregarina garnhami previously reported from psammophis shokari aegyptius. to ... | 2014 | 24827101 |