| Blanc's sand racer | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Psammodromus |
| Species: | P. blanci |
| Binomial name | |
| Psammodromus blanci (Lataste, 1880) | |
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Psammodromus blanci, also known commonly as Blanc's sand racer or Blanc's psammodromus, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to North Africa.
Etymology
It has been claimed that the specific name, blanci, and the common name, Blanc's sand racer, are in honor of Swiss zoologist Henri Blanc, however it is in fact named after its Algerian discoverer Marius Blanc.
Geographic range
P. blanci is found in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Habitat
The natural habitats of Blanc's sand racer are temperate forest, temperate shrubland, and pastureland, at altitudes of 1,000–1,200 m (3,300–3,900 ft).
Reproduction
P. blanci is oviparous. A sexually mature female may lay four or five clutches a year. Each clutch contains two to five eggs.
Conservation status
P. blanci is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Joger, U.; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, H.; Martínez-Solano, I.; Geniez, P. (2009). "Psammodromus blanci". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61559A12491750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61559A12491750.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Psammodromus blanci at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- Beolens B; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- Lataste, F. (1880). "Diagnoses de reptilies nouveaux d'Algerie". Le Naturaliste. 2 (38): 299.
Further reading
- Bischoff W, in den Bosch HAJ (1991). "Zur Kenntnis von Psammodromus blanci (Lataste, 1880): Morphologie, Verbreitung, Ökologie und Paarunsbiologie". Salamandra 27 (3): 163–180. (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Psammodromus blanci, pp. 48–49).
- Lataste F (1880). "Diagnoses de reptiles nouveaux d'Algérie". Le Naturaliste 1: 299, 306–307, 325. (Zerzoumia blanci, new species, p. 299). (in French).
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| Psammodromus blanci | |
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