Blanc's sand racer

Blanc's sand racer
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Psammodromus
Species:	P. blanci
Binomial name
Psammodromus blanci (Lataste, 1880)
Synonyms
Zerzoumia blanci Lataste, 1880 Psammodromus blanci — Boulenger, 1887[1]

Blanc's sand racer (Psammodromus blanci ) is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to North Africa.^[2]

Etymology

Both the specific name, blanci, and the common name, Blanc's sand racer, are in honor of Swiss zoologist Henri Blanc.^[3]

Geographic range

P. blanci is found in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.^[2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of Blanc's sand racer are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, and pastureland.^[2]

Conservation status

P. blanci is threatened by habitat loss.^[2]

References

1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Joger U, Slimani T, El Mouden H, Geniez P. 2005. Psammodromus blanci. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Psammodromus blanci, p. 27).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural HIstory). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Psammodromus blanci, pp. 48–49).
• Lataste F. 1880. "Diagnoses de reptiles nouveaux d'Algérie". Le Naturaliste 1: 299, 306-307, 325. (Zerzoumia blanci, new species, p. 299).