Pedioplanis

Pedioplanis
Pedioplanis namaquensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
Subfamily:Lacertinae
Genus:Pedioplanis
Fitzinger, 1843[1]

Pedioplanis is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. All species of Pedioplanis are endemic to southern Africa.[2][3]

Species

There are 13 valid species in this genus:[3]

  • Pedioplanis benguellensis (Bocage, 1867)
  • Pedioplanis breviceps (Sternfeld)
  • Pedioplanis burchelli (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Burchell's sand lizard
  • Pedioplanis gaerdesi (Mertens, 1954)
  • Pedioplanis haackei Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012
  • Pedioplanis huntleyi Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012
  • Pedioplanis husabensis Berger-Dell'mour & Mayer, 1989
  • Pedioplanis inornata (Roux, 1907)
  • Pedioplanis laticeps (A. Smith, 1849)
  • Pedioplanis lineoocellata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
  • Pedioplanis namaquensis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
  • Pedioplanis rubens (Mertens, 1955)
  • Pedioplanis undata (A. Smith, 1838)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pedioplanis.

References

  1. ↑ "Pedioplanis ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/ststematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
  2. ↑ Conradie, Werner (2012). "Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola". African Journal of Herpetology. 61 (2): 91–112. doi:10.1080/21564574.2012.676079.
  3. 1 2 Pedioplanis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Further reading

  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Pedioplanis, p. 170). (11 species of Pedioplanis, pp. 170–174).
  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pedioplanis, new genus, p. 21). (in Latin).


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