Southern France, Spain, Portugal, Tunisia, northern Algeria and northern and central Morocco, Conigli islet (Italy) 

Species:

Psammodromus algirus  (LINNAEUS, 1766)

Subspecies (2):

Psammodromus algirus algirus  (LINNAEUS, 1766)

Psammodromus algirus nollii  FISCHER 1887

Synonyms:

Lacerta algira  LINNAEUS, 1758

Tropidosaura algira  DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839

Psammodromus algirus doriae  BEDRIAGA, 1886

Psammodromus algirus  BOULENGER, 1887

Troidosaurus algira var. nolli  FISCHER, 1887

Psammodromus algirus ketamensis  GALAN, 1931

Psammodromus manuelae  BUSACK, SALVADOR & LAWSON, 2006

Psammodromus jeanneae  BUSACK, SALVADOR & LAWSON, 2006

Common names:

Algerian sand racer (English)
Large psammodromus (English)
Algerischer Sandläufer (German)
Lézard des sables (French)
Lagartija Colilarga (Spanish)

Types:

algirus: Type: BMNH 1946.8.4.69 (and possibly additional specimens)

nollii: Holotype: ZMH

Terra Typica:

algirus: “Mauritania”.

nollii: Tugghurt, Southern Tunisia.


Taxonomic notes:

Es wurden zwei Arten beschrieben, die den ehemaligen europäischen Arealteil abdecken (P. manuelae und P. jeanneae) aber keine Anerkennung finden.

WERNER MAYER, 2015


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) -  Description of Lacerta agilis and Lacerta algira (= Psammodromus algirus).  -  In: Systema naturae pr regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 10th Edition. pp. 203.   

  • Busack, S.D. & Lawson, R. (2006) -  Historical biogeography, mitochondrial DNA, and allozymes of Psammodromus algirus (Lacertidae): a preliminary hypothesis. -  Amphibia-Reptilia, 27 (2): 181-193.    

  • Busack, S.D. & Salvador, A. & Lawson, R. (2006) -  Two new species in the genus Psammodromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from the Iberian Peninsula. -  Annals of Carnegie Museum, 75 (1): 1-10.    

  • Carranza, S. & Harris, D.J. & Arnold, E.N. & Bastia, V. & Gonzales de la Vega, J.P. (2006) -  Phylogeography of the lacertid lizard, Psammodromus algirus, in Iberia and across the Strait of Gibraltar. -  Journal of Biogeography, 33 (7): 1279-1288.    

  • Mendes, J. & Harris, D.J. & Carranza, S. & Salvi, D. (2017) -  Biogeographical crossroad across the Pillars of Hercules: Evolutionary history of Psammodromus lizards in space and time. -  Journal of Biogeography, 44 (12): 2877-2890.    

 
 
 
 

Psammodromus algirus: 137  pictures (see subspecies level)

 
 
 

Psammodromus algirus algirus  © 2009 Sergé Bogaerts