Psammodromus edwarsianus

Psammodromus edwarsianus

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: Gallotiinae
Genus: Psammodromus
Species: Psammodromus edwarsianus

Name

Psammodromus edwarsianus (Dugès, 1829)

• Type material: unknown.
• Type locality: “Bas Languedoc”.

Combinations

• Lacerta edwarsiana Dugès, 1829: 339 [original combination]
• Aspistis edwardsiana — Wagler, 1830: 156 [subsequent combination]
• Notopholis edwardsiana — Wagler, 1830: 342 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Psammodromus edwarsianus — Bonaparte, 1839: 62 [subsequent combination]

Synonymy

• Psammodromus Edwardsii Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 253 [unjustified replacement name]

• Psammodromus cinereus Bonaparte, 1839: 62
  • Type material: unknwon.
  • Type locality: “à la campagne Clary, aux environs de Marseille”.

Native distribution areas

• France
• Spain

References

Primary references

• Dugès, A. 1829. Mémoire sur les espèces indigènes du genre Lacerta. Annales des Sciences naturelles 16: 337–491. BHL
• 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. 
• Bonaparte, C.L. 1839. Description d'une espèce inédite de Lacertide français, du genre Psammodrome (extrait d'une lettre adressée à M. Roret). Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie. 2e Series 12: 60–64. BHL

Additional references

• Fitze, P.S., González-Jimena, V., San José, L.M., San Mauro, D., Aragón, P., Suárez, T. & Zardoya, R. 2011. Integrative analyses of speciation and divergence in Psammodromus hispanicus (Squamata: Lacertidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 347. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-347 Reference page. 
• Fitze, P.S., González-Jimena, V., San José, L.M., San Mauro, D. & Zardoya, R. 2012. A new species of sand racer, Psammodromus (Squamata: Lacertidae), from the Western Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa 3205(1): 41–52. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3205.1.3 Reference page. 
• Crochet, P.-A. 2015. Nomenclatural issues in the Psammodromus hispanicus (Squamata: Lacertidae) species group. Zootaxa 3964(1): 149–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.12 Reference page. 
• Molina, C., Tamar, K., de la Vega, J.P.G., Burriel-Carranza, B., Fernandez-Guiberteau, D. & Carranza, S. 2020. New records on the distribution of the Spanish sand racer species (Squamata, Psammodromus) in Spain, Iberian Peninsula. Basic and Applied Herpetology 34: 59–66. DOI: 10.11160/bah.180 Reference page. 
• Faria, J.F., Carretero, M.A. & Harris, D.J. 2021. Further molecular assessment of the distribution of Spanish sand racers (Lacertidae; Psammodromus). Basic and Applied Herpetology 35: 77–83. DOI: 10.11160/bah.205 . PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Psammodromus edwarsianus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 September 2019.

Vernacular names

English: East Iberian Sand Racer

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