| Pletholax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Pletholax Cope, 1864 |
Pletholax (Keeled Legless Lizard) is a legless lizard occurring in Western Australia.
Species
Two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Pletholax gracilis (Cope, 1864) - slender slider
- Pletholax edelensis (Storr, 1978) - Edel land slider
Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pletholax.
References
- ^ "Pletholax". The Reptile Database. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Pletholax gracilis, new combination, p. 245).
- Cope ED (1864). "On the Characters of the higher Groups of REPTILIA SQUAMATA—and especially of the DIPLOGLOSSA". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1864: 224–231. (Pletholax, new genus, p. 229; Pygopus gracilis, new species, p. 229).