Plasmodium cnemaspi is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Sauramoeba.
Like all Plasmodium species P. cnemaspi has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are lizards.
The parasite was first described by Telford in 1984.[1]
This species is found in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.
This species infects the lizard Cnemaspis africana.