Psammodromus
{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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| image_caption = Psammodromus algirus
| taxon = Psammodromus
| authority = Fitzinger, 1826"Psammodromus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Six recognized species, see article.
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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.[http://www.eol.org/pages/35980 EOL.org]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid."Psammodromus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Psammodromus algirus {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} - large psammodromus, Algerian psammodromus, Algerian sand racer
- Psammodromus blanci {{small|(Lataste, 1880)}} - Blanc's sand racer, Blanc's psammodromus
- Psammodromus edwarsianus {{small|(Dugès, 1829)}} - East Iberian sand racer, East Iberian psammodromus
- Psammodromus hispanicus {{small|Fitzinger, 1826}} – Spanish psammodromus
- Psammodromus jeanneae
- Psammodromus manuelae
- Psammodromus microdactylus {{small|(Boettger, 1881)}} – small-fingered psammodromus, green psammodromus
- Psammodromus occidentalis {{small|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
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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.
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Category:Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
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