Pedioplanis benguellensis

Pedioplanis benguellensis, known commonly as the Angolan sand lizard or Bocage's sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.

Pedioplanis benguellensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Pedioplanis
Species:
P. benguellensis
Binomial name
Pedioplanis benguellensis
(Bocage, 1867)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Eremias benguelensis [sic]
    Bocage, 1867
  • Eremias benguellensis
    — Boulenger, 1918
  • Pedioplanis benguellensis
    — Arnold, 1989
  • Mesalina benguelensis
    — Szczerbak, 1989
  • Pedioplanis benguellensis
    — Bauer & R. Günther, 1995

Geographic range

P. benguellensis is found in Angola and Namibia.[2]

Reproduction

P. benguellensis is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Bocage (1867).
  2. Pedioplanis benguellensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 May 2019.

Further reading
  • Bocage JVB (1867). "Diagnoses de quelques reptiles nouveaux de l'Afrique occidentale". Jornal de sciencias mathematicas physicas e naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 1 (3): 229-232. ("Eremias benguelensis [sic]", new species, p. 229). (in French).
  • 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. (Pedioplanis benguellensis, p. 173).



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