Pedioplanis
Genus of lizards
Pedioplanis genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae . All species of Pedioplanis are endemic to southern Africa .[ 2] [ 3]
Species
There are 16 valid species in this genus:[ 3]
Pedioplanis benguelensis (Bocage , 1867) – Angolan sand lizard, Bocage's sand lizardPedioplanis branchi Childers, Kirchhof, & Bauer, 2021 Pedioplanis breviceps (Sternfeld , 1911) – short-headed sand lizard, short-headed sandveld lizard, Sternfeld's sand lizardPedioplanis burchelli (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron , 1839) – Burchell's sand lizardPedioplanis gaerdesi (Mertens , 1954) – Kaokoland sand lizard, Mayer's sand lizardPedioplanis haackei Conradie , Measey , Branch & Tolley , 2012Pedioplanis huntleyi Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012 Pedioplanis husabensis Berger-Dell'Mour & Mayer , 1989Pedioplanis inornata (Roux , 1907) – plain sand lizard, western sand lizardPedioplanis laticeps (A. Smith , 1849) – Cape sand lizard, Karoo sand lizardPedioplanis lineoocellata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – common sand lizard, ocellated sand lizard, spotted sand lizardPedioplanis mayeri Childers, Kirchhof, & Bauer, 2021 Pedioplanis namaquensis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Namaqua sand lizardPedioplanis rubens (Mertens, 1954) – Ruben's sand lizard, Waterberg sand lizardPedioplanis serodioi Parrinha, Marques, Heinicke, Khalid, Parker, Tolley, Childers, Conradie, Bauer, & Ceriaco, 2021 Pedioplanis undata (A. Smith, 1838) - plain sand lizard, western sand lizardNota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pedioplanis .
References
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 ).
