Pedioplanis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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: Lacertinae
Genus: Pedioplanis
Species (13): P. benguellensis – P. breviceps – P. burchelli – P. gaerdesi – P. haackei – P. huntleyi – P. husabensis – P. inornata – P. laticeps – P. lineoocellata – P. namaquensis – P. rubens – P. undata
Name

Pedioplanis Fitzinger, 1843: 21

Type species: Eremias burchelli Duméril & Bibron, 1839, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.021 Reference page.
Conradie, W., Measey, G.J., Branch, W.R. & Tolley, K.A. 2012. Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola. African Journal of Herpetology 61(2): 91–112. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2012.676079 Reference page.
Kirchhof, S., Penner, J., Rödel, M.-O. & Müller, J. 2017. Resolution of the types, diagnostic features, and distribution of two easily confused Sand Lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps (Smith, 1845) and P. burchelli (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 4318(1): 82–109. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.3. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Pedioplanis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 September 2017.

Pedioplanis is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. All species of Pedioplanis are endemic to southern Africa.[2][3]
Species

There are 15 valid species in this genus:[3]

Pedioplanis benguellensis (Bocage, 1867) – Angolan sand lizard, Bocage's sand lizard
Pedioplanis branchi Childers, Kirchhof, & Bauer, 2021
Pedioplanis breviceps (Sternfeld, 1911) – short-headed sand lizard, short-headed sandveld lizard, Sternfeld's sand lizard
Pedioplanis burchelli (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Burchell's sand lizard
Pedioplanis gaerdesi (Mertens, 1954) – Kaokoland sand lizard, Mayer's sand lizard
Pedioplanis haackei Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012
Pedioplanis huntleyi Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012
Pedioplanis husabensis Berger-Dell'Mour & Mayer, 1989 – Husab sand lizard
Pedioplanis inornata (Roux, 1907) – plain sand lizard, western sand lizard
Pedioplanis laticeps (A. Smith, 1849) – Cape sand lizard, Karoo sand lizard
Pedioplanis lineoocellata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – common sand lizard, ocellated sand lizard, spotted sand lizard
Pedioplanis mayeri Childers, Kirchhof, & Bauer, 2021
Pedioplanis namaquensis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Namaqua sand lizard
Pedioplanis rubens (Mertens, 1954) – Ruben's sand lizard, Waterberg sand lizard
Pedioplanis undata (A. Smith, 1838) - plain sand lizard, western sand lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pedioplanis.
References

"Pedioplanis ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
Conradie, Werner (2012). "Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola". African Journal of Herpetology. 61 (2): 91–112. doi:10.1080/21564574.2012.676079. S2CID 49556402.

Pedioplanis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 July 2014.

Further reading

Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Pedioplanis, p. 170). (11 species of Pedioplanis, pp. 170–174).
Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pedioplanis, new genus, p. 21). (in Latin).