Psammodromus

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: Gallotiinae
Genus: Psammodromus
Species (6): P. algirus – P. blanci – P. edwarsianus – P. hispanicus – P. microdactylus – P. occidentalis
Name

Psammodromus Fitzinger, 1826: 22

Type species: Psammodromus hispanicus Fitzinger, 1826, by monotypy.

Synonymy

Algyra Cuvier, 1829: 31
Type species: Lacerta algira Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
Aspistis Wagler, 1830: 156 [preoccupied by Aspistis Hoffmannsegg]
Type species: Lacerta edwarsiana Dugès, 1829, by monotypy.
Notopholis Wagler, 1830: 342 [substitute name for Apistis Wagler, 1830]
Psammuros Wagler, 1830: 156
Type species: Lacerta algira Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
Algira — Gray, 1838: 282 [unjustified emendation]
Zerzoumia Lataste, 1880: 299
Type species: Zerzoumia blanci Lataste, 1880, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 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. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL Reference page.
Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome II. Déterville: Paris. i–xv + 406 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.49223 BHL Reference page.
Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie.. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page.
Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 1. Annals of Natural History. Series 1 1(4): 274–283. DOI: 10.1080/00222933809512291 Paywall; BHL Reference page.

Additional references

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. DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2006)75[1:TNSITG]2.0.CO;2 Paywall Reference page.
Verdú-Ricoy, J., Carranza, S., Salvador, A., Busack, S.D. & Díaz, J.A. 2010. Phylogeography of Psammodromus algirus (Lacertidae) revisited: systematic implications. Amphibia-Reptilia 31(4): 576–582. DOI: 10.1163/017353710X521555 Paywall Reference page.
Fitze, P.S., González-Jimena, V., San José, L.M., San Mauro, D., Aragón, P., Suárez, T. & Zardoya, R. 2011. Integrative analyses of speciation and divergence in Psammodromus hispanicus (Squamata: Lacertidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 347. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-347 Open access Reference page.
Fitze, P.S., González-Jimena, V., San José, L.M., San Mauro, D. & Zardoya, R. 2012. A new species of sand racer, Psammodromus (Squamata: Lacertidae), from the Western Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa 3205(1): 41–52. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3205.1.3 Paywall Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13100 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Psammodromus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 Augustt 2021.

Vernacular names
English: Western Mediterranean Sand Racers

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

"Psammodromus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
EOL.org

"Psammodromus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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.