Pedioplanis husabensis

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

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Pedioplanis
Species: Pedioplanis husabensis

Name

• Pedioplanis husabensis Berger-Dell’Mour & Mayer, 1989: 89

Holotype: SMWN 4424, adult ♂.

Type locality: “northern side of Husab Mountain, Namib Park, Swakopmund Dist., S. W. A./ Namibia, 22° 40' S, 15° 08' E, 750 m above sea level.”

Paratypes (20): SMWN 4420-4423, 4425-4426, 4529-4530, 5307-5318, all from the same locality as holotype.

References

Primary references

• Berger-Dell’Mour, H.A.E. & Mayer, W. 1989. On the parapatric existence of two species of the Pedioplanis undata group (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) in the central Namib Desert (Southwest Africa) with description of the new species Pedioplanis husabensis. Herpetozoa 1(3–4): 83–95. (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Pedioplanis husabensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 September 2017.

Vernacular names

• English: Husab Sand Lizard