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]

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

References

  1. 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


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