Pedioplanis huntleyi | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Pedioplanis |
Species: | P. huntleyi |
Binomial name | |
Pedioplanis huntleyi Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012 |
Pedioplanis huntleyi is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Angola.
Etymology
The specific name, huntleyi, is in honor of Brian Huntley who was chief executive officer of the South African National Biodiversity Institute.
Geographic range
P. huntleyi is found in southwestern Angola in Cunene and Namibe Provinces.
Habitat
The natural habitats of P. huntleyi are rocky areas, shrubland, and woodland.
References
- ^ Conradie, W.; Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N. (2020). "Pedioplanis huntleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110221992A110221995. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110221992A110221995.en. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ Pedioplanis huntleyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 May 2019.
Further reading
- Conradie W, Measey GJ, Branch WR, Tolley KA (2012). "Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with description of two new species from south-western Angola". African Journal of Herpetology 61 (2): 91–112. (Pedioplanis huntleyi, new species).
- Marques MP, Ceríaco LMP, Blackburn DC, Bauer AM (2018). "Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola: Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 65: 1–501. (Supplement II).
Taxon identifiers | |
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Pedioplanis huntleyi |
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