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Pedioplanis benguelensis

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Species of lizard

Pedioplanis benguelensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Pedioplanis
Species: P. benguelensis
Binomial name
Pedioplanis benguelensis
(Bocage, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Eremias benguelensis
    Bocage, 1867
  • Eremias benguellensis
    — Boulenger, 1918
  • Pedioplanis benguellensis
    — Arnold, 1989
  • Mesalina benguelensis
    — Szczerbak, 1989
  • Pedioplanis benguellensis
    — Bauer & R. Günther, 1995

Pedioplanis bengulensis, known commonly as the Angolan sand lizard or Bocage's sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.

Geographic range

P. benguelensis is found in Angola and Namibia.

Reproduction

P. benguelensis is oviparous.

References

  1. Bocage (1867).
  2. ^ Pedioplanis benguellensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 May 2019.

Further reading

  • Bocage JVB (1867). "Diagnoses de quelques reptiles nouveaux de l'Afrique occidentale". Jornal de sciencias mathematicas physicas e naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 1 (3): 229-232. ("Eremias benguelensis ", new species, p. 229). (in French).
  • 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. (Pedioplanis benguellensis, p. 173).


Taxon identifiers
Pedioplanis benguellensis


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