Pedioplanis huntleyi

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 huntleyi

Name

• Pedioplanis huntleyi Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012

Holotype: PEM R18479, An adult male, collected by W.R. Branch, W. Conradie, G.J. Measey and K.A. Tolley, 21 January 2009. Field number KTH09-245.

Type locality: Road to Oncocua, 7 km from Iona, Namibe Province, Angola (16°51’29.9’’ S, 12°36’45.9’’ E, 1612DC, 803 m elevation.

Etymology: The name is a patronym honouring the former CEO of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Brain Huntley, who organised the expedition to Angola, and has made valuable contributions to the conservation of Angolan biodiversity.

Mentions

• Eremias undata Boulenger 1921 (part.)
• Eremias undata undata Laurent 1964 (part.)
• Pedioplanis haackei Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012

References

• Conradie, Werner; G. John Measey, William R. Branch & Krystal A. Tolley, 2012: Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola. African Journal of Herpetology, 61 (2): 91–112. DOI: :10.1080/21564574.2012.676079.