| Psammodromus | |
|---|---|
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| Psammodromus algirus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Gallotiinae |
| Genus: | Psammodromus Fitzinger, 1826[1] |
| Species | |
| Six recognized species, see article. | |
Psammodromus is a small genus of sand lizards of the family Lacertidae. It has six described species, which are found in European and North African countries next to the Mediterranean.[2]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[3]
- Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758) - large psammodromus, Algerian psammodromus, Algerian sand racer
- Psammodromus blanci (Lataste, 1880) - Blanc's sand racer, Blanc's psammodromus
- Psammodromus edwarsianus (Dugès, 1829) - East Iberian sand racer, East Iberian psammodromus
- Psammodromus hispanicus Fitzinger, 1826 – Spanish psammodromus
- Psammodromus manuelae
- Psammodromus microdactylus (Boettger, 1881) – small-fingered psammodromus, green psammodromus
- Psammodromus occidentalis Fitze et al., 2012
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Psammodromus.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Psammodromus, pp. 46–47).
- Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K.K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. five unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Psammodromus, new genus, p. 22). (in German and Latin).
- López, Pilar; Martín, José (2009). "Lipids in femoral gland secretions of male lizards, Psammodromus hispanicus ". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 37 (4): 304–307.