Northwestern Namibia. 

Species:

Pedioplanis breviceps  (STERNFELD, 1911)

Synonyms:

Eremias breviceps  STERNFELD, 1911

Common names:

Short-headed Sand Lizard (English)
Kurzkopf-Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Holotype: ZMB 23445, female

Terra Typica:

Walvis Bay, Namibia.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Sternfeld, R. (1911) -  Description of Pedioplanis breviceps. -  In: Sternfeld, R. (ed.): Zur Herpetologie Südwestafrikas. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 5: 404.   

  • Makokha, J.S. & Bauer, A.M. & Mayer, W. & Matthee, C.A. (2007) -  Nuclear and mtDNA-based phylogeny of southern African sand lizards, Pedioplanis (Sauria: Lacertidae). -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 44 (2): 622-633.    

  • Conradie, W. & Measey, G.J. & Branch, W.R. & Tolley, K. (2012) -  Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola -  African Journal of Herpetology, Johannesburg, South Africa, 61 (2): 1-22.    

 
 
 
 
 

Pedioplanis breviceps  © 2011 Go Yamagata