Pedioplanis
| Pedioplanis | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pedioplanis namaquensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia or Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Pedioplanis Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
Pedioplanis is a genus of lizards of 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)
- 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
- ↑ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/ststematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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).