Pedioplanis laticeps

Taxonavigation edit

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

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.56, subadult ♂. [designated by Kirchhof, Penner, Rödel & Müller (2017: 89)]

Type locality: “towards the mouth of Orange River”, South Africa.

Paralectotypes (2): BMNH 1865.5.4.87–88, ♂, same locality as type. [designated by Kirchhof, Penner, Rödel & Müller (2017: 89)]

Eremias laticeps Smith, 1845: unpaginated; plate XLVI, fig. 1 [original combination]
[Pedioplanis laticeps] — Balletto, 1968: 222–224 [name combination, by implication]
Mesalina laticeps — Szczerbak, 1975 [name combination]

Lacerta capensis Smith, 1838: 93 [preoccupied by Lacerta capensis Sparrman, 1783, following Mertens (1955: 65)]

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.86, ♂.

Type locality: “arid districts of Cape Colony”, South Africa.

Smith, A. 1838. Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Magazine of Natural History 2: 92–94. BHL Reference page.
Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 2. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page.
Mertens, R. 1955. Die Amphibien und Reptilien Südwestafrikas. Aus den Ergebnissen einer im Jahre 1952 ausgeführten Reise. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 490: 1–172. 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.

Kirchhof, S., Penner, J., Rödel, M.-O. & Müller, J. 2017. Resolution of the types, diagnostic features, and distribution of two easily confused Sand Lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps (Smith, 1845) and P. burchelli (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 4318(1): 82–109. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.3. Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pedioplanis laticeps. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 September 2017.
Turner, A.A. 2017. IUCN: Pedioplanis laticeps (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178741A110302824. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T178741A110302824.en

English: Karoo/Cape Sand Lizard