Pletholax

Pletholax gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Pygopodidae
Genus:Pletholax
Cope, 1864
Species: P. gracilis
Binomial name
Pletholax gracilis
(Cope, 1864)
Geographic range of Pletholax gracilis in Australia.
Synonyms[1]
  • Pygopus gracilis
    Cope, 1864
  • Pletholax gracilis
    — Boulenger, 1885

Pletholax gracilis is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae, the only species in the genus Pletholax.[2]

Geographic range

Pletholax gracilis is endemic to coastal areas of southwestern Australia.[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

  • Pletholax gracilis edelensis Storr, 1978
  • Pletholax gracilis gracilis (Cope, 1864)

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pletholax gracilis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ Shea, Glenn M.; Peterson, Magnus (1993). "Notes on the biology of the genus Pletholax Cope (Squamata: Pygopodidae)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 16 (3): 419–425.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Pletholax gracilis, new combination, p. 245).
  • Cope ED (1864). "On the Characters of the higher Groups of REPTILIA SQUAMATA—and especially of the DIPLOGLOSSA". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1864: 224-231. (Pletholax, new genus, p. 229; Pygopus gracilis, new species, p. 229).


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