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Pedioplanis undata (SMITH, 1838)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Sand Lizard, Plain Sand Lizard 
SynonymLacerta undata SMITH 1838: 93
Eremias undata — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 316
Eremias undata — BOULENGER 1910: 477
Eremias undata — BOULENGER 1921
Eremias undata — FITZSIMONS 1943: 335
Mesalina undata — SZCZERBAK 1989
Pedioplanis undata — MAYER 1989
Pedioplanis undata — BAUER et al. 1993
Pedioplanis undata — MAKOKHA et al. 2007 
DistributionS Namibia, South Africa (NW Cape province)

Type locality: “Northern and western parts of the Cape Colony”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: NMW 318886 (designated by MAYER & BÖHME 2000) 
Diagnosis 
CommentThe syntypes of this species are actually specimens of Pedioplanis lineoocellata pulchella GRAY, 1845.

Distribution: populations from Angola have been re-assigned to Pedioplanis huntleyi or P. haackei.

Abstract of Case 2085 (formatting that of Amphibia-Reptilia): The purpose of this application is to conserve usage of the name Pedioplanis undata ( A. Smith, 1838) f or t he ‘wester n sand l izard¢of souther n Afri ca. The recently rediscovered syntypes are specimens of P. lineoocellata pulchella Gr ay, 1845 and not of P. undata auct., but acceptance of this typificati on would r esult in very considerable confusion. The name P. undata would be transf err ed t o P. l. pulchella auct. , the taxon known as P. u. undata would have to have a new as a subspecies of P. inornata Roux, 1907, and there would be other c ® Koninklijke Bri ll NV, Leiden, 2000 Amphibia-Reptilia 21: 409-410 410 SEH News changes of accepted names. I t is proposed that these consequences should be avoided by the designat ion of a neot ype f or Lacerta undat a A. Smith, 1838.

Pedioplanis undata inornata (ROUX 1907) has been elevated to full species status. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin undata, undulated. ["...with five broad black longitudinal lines ... the outermost on each side waved or slightly tortuous..."]. 
References
  • Anonymous 2002. Opinion 1992 (Case 3085) Lacerta undata A. Smith 1838 (currently Pedioplanis undata; Reptilia, Sauria): specific name conserved by thge designation of a neotype. Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 59 (1): 60 - get paper here
  • Bauer, Aaron M.; Branch, William R. & Haacke, Wulf D. 1993. The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland, Namibia. Madoqua (Windhoek) 18 (2): 117-145. - get paper here
  • Berger-Dell'mour H A E; Mayer W 1989. On the parapatric existence of two species of the Pedioplanis undata group (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) in the central Namib Desert (Southwest Africa) with description of the new species Pedioplanis husabensis. Herpetozoa 1 (3-4): 83-95 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1910. A revised list of the South African reptiles and batrachians, with synoptic tables, special reference to the specimens in the South African Museum, and descriptions of new species. Annals of the South African Museum 5: 455-543 - get paper here
  • Childers JL, Kirchhof S, Bauer AM 2021. Lizards of a different stripe: phylogenetics of the Pedioplanis undata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of two new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 249-272 - get paper here
  • Cooper Jr., W.E. 2005. Duration of movement as a lizard foraging movement variable. Herpetologica 61 (4): 363-372 - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
  • FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • GOLDBERG, S. 2009. Pedioplanis undata A. Smith, 1838 - Reproduction. African Herp News (49): 17-18 - get paper here
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here
  • Hewitt, John 1911. Records of South African Lacertilia and Amphibia, Addenda and Corrigenda. Annals Transvaal Museum 3 (1): 42-55. - get paper here
  • Kirchhof, Sebastian, Christy Anna Hipsley, Ammon Corl, Hartwig Dell'Mour and Johannes Müller. 2014. Pedioplanis undata (A. Smith, 1838) Western Sand Lizard. African Herp News (61): 30-33 - get paper here
  • Makokha, Jane S.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Mayer, Werner; Matthee, Conrad A. 2007. Nuclear and mtDNA-based phylogeny of southern African sand lizards, Pedioplanis (Sauria: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(2):622-633 - get paper here
  • Mayer, W. 1989. Comments on SZCZERBAK's (1975) catalogue of the African Sand Lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae). Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 133-137 - get paper here
  • Mayer, W. & W. BÖHME 2000. Case 3085 Lacerta undata A SMITH, 1838 (currently Pedioplanis undata; (Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation of specific name by the designation of a neotype. Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 57(2): 100-102 - get paper here
  • SALES-NUNES, PEDRO M.; ANTOINE FOUQUET, FELIPE F. CURCIO, PHILIPPE J. R. KOK and MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES 2012. Cryptic species in Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) revealed by hemipenial morphology and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 361–376 October 2012 Volume 166, Issue 2, 361-376 - get paper here
  • SCHWACHA, B. 1997. Beobachtungen zur Eiablage bei Pedioplanis undata inornata (ROUX, 1907) und Pedioplanis husabensis BERGER-DELL'MOURR & MAYER, 1989. Die Eidechse 8 (1): 17-19 - get paper here
  • Smith, A. 1838. Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Art. VIII. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, 2 (14): 92-94
  • Szczerbak, Nikolai N. 1989. Catalogue of the African Sand lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles). Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 119-132. - get paper here
 
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