Asiamoeba is a subgenus of the genus Plasmodium - all of which are parasitic unicellular eukaryotes. The subgenus was created by Telford in 1988. Species in this subgenus infect lizards.__TOC__
Species in the subgenus Asiamoeba have the following characteristics:
The schizonts and gametocytes are greatly disparate in size (4 to 15 times).