Pedioplanis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Superfamilia: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Pedioplanis
Species (16): P. benguellensis – P. branchi – P. breviceps – P. burchelli – P. gaerdesi – P. haackei – P. huntleyi – P. husabensis – P. inornata – P. laticeps – P. lineoocellata – P. mayeri – P. namaquensis – P. rubens – P. serodioi – P. undata

Name

Pedioplanis Fitzinger, 1843: 21

Type species: Eremias burchelli Duméril & Bibron, 1839, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Makokha, J.S., Bauer, A.M., Mayer, W. & Matthee, C.A. 2007. Nuclear and mtDNA-based phylogeny of southern African sand lizards, Pedioplanis (Sauria: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(2): 622–633. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.021 Reference page.
Conradie, W., Measey, G.J., Branch, W.R. & Tolley, K.A. 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 Reference page.
Kirchhof, S., Penner, J., Rödel, M.-O. & Müller, J. 2017. Resolution of the types, diagnostic features, and distribution of two easily confused Sand Lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps (Smith, 1845) and P. burchelli (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 4318(1): 82–109. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.3. Reference page.
Childers, J.L., Kirchhof, S. & Bauer, A.M. 2021. Lizards of a different stripe: phylogenetics of the Pedioplanis undata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of two new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 249–272. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.61351 Reference page.
Parrinha, D., Marques, M.P., Heinicke, M.P., Khalid, F., Parker, K.L., Tolley, K.A., Childers, J.L., Conradie, W., Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2021. A revision of Angolan species in the genus Pedioplanis Fitzinger (Squamata: Lacertidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5032(1): 1–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.1.1 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Pedioplanis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: African Sand Lizards