Pedioplanis husabensis

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 husabensis

Name

• Pedioplanis husabensis Berger-Dell’Mour & Mayer, 1989: 89

Holotype: SMWN 4424, adult ♂.

Type locality: “northern side of Husab Mountain, Namib Park, Swakopmund Dist., S. W. A./ Namibia, 22° 40' S, 15° 08' E, 750 m above sea level.”

Paratypes (20): SMWN 4420-4423, 4425-4426, 4529-4530, 5307-5318, all from the same locality as holotype.

References

Primary references

• Berger-Dell’Mour, H.A.E. & Mayer, W. 1989. On the parapatric existence of two species of the Pedioplanis undata group (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) in the central Namib Desert (Southwest Africa) with description of the new species Pedioplanis husabensis. Herpetozoa 1(3–4): 83–95. Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: Husab Sand Lizard