Pedioplanis undata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Pedioplanis
Species: Pedioplanis undata

Name

• Pedioplanis undata (Smith, 1838) [conserved name]

Neotype: NMW 318886, adult ♂. [designated by Mayer & Böhme (2000: 100); Opinion 1992: 60]

Neotype locality: “22º37'S, 17º03'E near Windhoek, Namibia.” [designated by Mayer & Böhme (2000: 100); Opinion 1992: 60]

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (Opinion 1992).

Combinations

• Lacerta undata Smith, 1838: 93 [original combination]
• Eremias undata — Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 316 [name combination]
• [Pedioplanis] undata — Balletto, 1968: 222–224 [name combination, by implication]
• Mesalina undata — Szczerbak, 1975 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1838. Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Magazine of Natural History 2: 92–94. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Mayer, W. & Böhme, W. 2000. Case 3085. Lacerta undata A. Smith, 1838 (currently Pedioplanis undata; Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation of specific name by the designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57(2): 100–102. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2002. Opinion 1992 (Case 3085) Lacerta undata A. Smith 1838 (currently Pedioplanis undata; Reptilia, Sauria): specific name conserved by the designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59(1): 60. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pedioplanis undata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 September 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Western/Plain Sand Lizard