Table 1 All described African Hepatozoon species infecting frogs from the family Bufonidae

Hepatozoon ixoxo sp. nov.

Amietophrynus maculatus (Hallowell, 1854); Amietophrynus garmani (Meek, 1897); Amietophrynus gutturalis (Power, 1927)

Mature capped form: 14.2 ± 0.77 (12.23–16.53) × 7.5 ± 0.51 (6.0–8.5) μm; 3.9 ± 1.20 (2.6–5.9) × 4.0 ± 1.05 (1.4–5.5) μm

NGR and KNC South Africa

Present study

Hepatozoon aegyptia (Mohammed and Mansour, 1963)

Amietophrynus regularis (Reuss, 1833) (syn., Bufo regularis)

Mature capped form^†: 14 × 7.3 μm; 3.7 × 2.9 μm

Cairo, Egypt^†

Mohammed and Mansour [10]†

Mature capped form*: 13.7 (12.7–14.7) × 8.1 (6.7–8.6) μm; 3.9 (3–4.5) × 3.9 (3.6–4.2) μm

Khartoum, Sudan*

Younis and Saoud [14]*

Hepatozoon assiuticus (Abdel-Rahman, El-Naffar, Sakla and Khalifa, 1978)

Amietophrynus regularis

Mature elongated form^†: 35.4 (30–38) × 4.2 (3.5–5) μm; 4.2 (3–4.7) × 4 (2.8–4.6) μm

Assuit, Egypt^†

Abdel-Rahman [15]^†

Hepatozoon boueti (França, 1910) [syn., Hepatozoon boneti França, 1925 of Tuzet and Grjebine (1957)]

Amietophrynus regularis

Mature elongated form^†: (16.5–18.5) × 4.5 μm; 4.5 × (3–3.5) μm

Guinea-Bissau^†

França [7]†

Mature elongated form*: 22.3 (19–26) × 6 (5–6) μm; 5.2(4–6) × 4.2 (3–6) μm

Cairo and Giza, Egypt*

Mohammed and Mansour [11]*

Hepatozoon faiyumensis (Mansour and Mohammed, 1966)

Amietophrynus regularis

Mature elongated form^†: 15.5 (13–17) × 4.5 (4–5) μm; 4.5 (3–5) × 3.9 (3–5) μm

Faiyum, Egypt^†

Mansour and Mohammed [11]^†

Hepatozoon francai (Abdel-Rahman, El-Naffar, Sakla and khalifa, 1978)

Amietophrynus regularis

Mature capped form^†: (18.5–20) × (2.7–3) μm

Assuit, Egypt^†

Abdel-Rahman et al. [15]^†

Hepatozoon froilanoi (França, 1925)

Amietophrynus regularis

Mature elongated form^†: (16.5–21) × 4.5 μm; (6–7.5) × 4.5 μm

Luanda, Angola^†

França [8]^†

Hepatozoon lavieri (Tuzet and Grjebine, 1957)

Amietophrynus regularis

Possible gamont form^†: 20 μm in length

Pointe-Noire, Congo^†

Tuzet and Grjebine [9]^†

Hepatozoon magni (Hassan, 1992)

Amietophrynus regularis

Capped form†: 15.05 (14.2–16.8) × 7.7 (6.3–9.8) μm; 3.4 (2.8–4.2) × 3.4 (2.8–4.2) μm

Qena, Egypt^†

Hassan [16]^†

Mature elongated form^†: 22.5 (21.2–26.6) × 8.2 (7.7–9.1) μm; 4.3 (4.1–4.6) × 4.5 (4.3–4.8) μm

Hepatozoon moloensis (Hoare,1920)

Amietophrynus spp.

Mature capped form^†: 18.8 × 7.8 μm

Molo, Kenya^†

Hoare [18]^†

Hepatozoon pestanae (França, 1910)

Amietophrynus regularis

Mature capped form^†: 12 × 4.5 μm; 3.7 μm

Guinea-Bissau^†

França [7]†

Mature capped form*: 13 (12–17) × 5 (4.5–5) μm; 4.2 × 3.7 μm

Giza, Egypt*

Mohammed and Mansour [13]*

Hepatozoon tunisiensis (Nicolle, 1904)

Amietophrynus mauritanicus (Schlegel, 1841) [syn., Bufo mauritanicus]

Mature capped form^†: (12–15) × 8 μm

Tunis, Tunisia^†

Nicolle [17]^†