Pseuderemias savagei

Pseuderemias savagei is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

Pseuderemias savagei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Pseuderemias
Species:
P. savagei
Binomial name
Pseuderemias savagei
(Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eremias savagei
    Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965
  • Pseuderemias mucronata savagei
    — Lanza, 1983
  • Pseuderemias savagei
    — Szczerbak, 1989

Etymology

The specific name, savagei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jay M. Savage.[2]

Geographic range

P. savagei is found in northeastern Somalia.[1]

Reproduction

P. savagei is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Pseuderemias savagei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2019.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseuderemias savagei, p. 233).

Further reading
  • Gans C, Laurent RF, Pandit H (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic". Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Central, Série in Octavo, Science Zoologique, Tervuren 134: 1-93. (Eremias savagei, new species).
  • Sczczerbak, "Nikolai N." (1989). "Catalogue of the African Sand Lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles)". Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 119–132. (Pseuderemias savagei, p. 129).



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