Donald W. Duszynski Robert N. Fisher Christopher C. Austin Chris T. McAllister 2013 A new species of <i>Eimeria</i> Schneider, 1875 from rainbow skinks, <i>Carlia ailanpalai</i> Zug and <i>Carlia eothen</i> Zug is described from specimens collected in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Oöcysts of <i>Eimeria zugi</i> n. sp. from one of one (100%) <i>C. eothen</i> are ellipsoidal to cylindroidal, with a smooth, colourless, bi-layered wall, measure 25.1 × 15.5 μm and have a length/width ratio of 1.6. The micropyle and the oöcyst residuum are absent, but a polar granule is present. The sporocysts are ovoidal to ellipsoidal and 10.3 × 7.1 μm in size and do not contain Stieda, sub-Stieda or para-Stieda bodies; and the sporocyst residuum is composed of a compact mass of large globules. The sporozoites are elongate, 12.8 × 2.9 μm in size, and contain anterior and posterior refractile bodies with a nucleus between them. This is the ninth species of coccidium described from skinks from PNG, and the new species described herein is apparently endemic to the skink genus <i>Carlia</i> (Gray). application/pdf 10.1007/s11230-013-9429-4 en Springer A new species of <i>Eimeria</i> Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from <i>Carlia</i> spp. (Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea article