Pedioplanis burchelli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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 Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.82, adult ♂.

Type locality: “l'Afrique australe [=South Africa].”

Eremias burchelli Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 303 [original combination]
[Pedioplanis] burchelli — Balletto, 1968: 222–224 [name combination, by implication]
Mesalina burchelli — Szczerbak, 1975 [name combination]

Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page.
Balletto, E. 1968. Contributo alla Biogeografia della Somalia. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Università di Genova 26: 192–280. Reference page.
Szczerbak, N.N. 1975. Katalog afrikanskih Jascurok. Doklady Akademii Nauk: Kiev. 83pp. 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.