Pletholax
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| authority = Cope, 1864
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Pletholax (Keeled Legless Lizard) is a legless lizard occurring in Western Australia.
Species
Two species are recognized as being valid.{{cite web |url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Pletholax&exact[0]=genus&submit=Search |title=Pletholax |work=The Reptile Database |access-date=May 9, 2020}}
- Pletholax gracilis {{small|(Cope, 1864)}} - slender slider
- Pletholax edelensis {{small|(Storr, 1978)}} - Edel land slider
Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pletholax.
References
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Pletholax gracilis, new combination, p. 245).
- Cope ED (1864). "On the Characters of the higher Groups of REPTILIA SQUAMATA—and especially of the DIPLOGLOSSA". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1864: 224–231. (Pletholax, new genus, p. 229; Pygopus gracilis, new species, p. 229).
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Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
Category:Pygopodids of Australia
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