Pseuderemias striata (PETERS, 1874)
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Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Pseuderemias striata gardoensis (ARILLO, BALLETTO & SPANÒ 1965) Pseuderemias striata striata (PETERS 1874) |
Common Names | E: Peters’ sand lizard, Peters’ Sand Racer |
Synonym | Eremias brenneri var. striatus PETERS 1874: 370 Eremias hoehneli STEJNEGER 1893: 719 (fide LOVERIDGE 1957) Eremias striata — CALABRESI 1915: 241 Eremias striata — PARKER 1942: 64 Eremias striata — LOVERIDGE 1957: 233 Pseuderemias striata striata — LANZA 1983 Pseuderemias striatus — BAUER et al. 1995: 57 Pseuderemias striata — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 366 Pseuderemias striata — SPAWLS et al 2018: 200 Pseuderemias striata — SPAWLS et al. 2023 Pseuderemias striata gardoensis (ARILLO, BALLETTO & SPANÒ 1965) Eremias striata gardoensis ARILLO, BALLETTO & SPANÒ 1965 Pseuderemias striatus gardoensis — LANZA 1983 Pseuderemias striatus gardoensis — LANZA 1988 Pseuderemias striata gardoensis — SZCZERBAK 1989 Pseuderemias striatus gardoensis — MAZUCH 2013 |
Distribution | Kenya (Tana River), Somalia, Ethiopia Type locality: “Barava im Somalilande” [= Brava, Somalia]. gardoensis: Somala, adjacent Djibouti and E Ethiopia; Type locality: Migiurtinia |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: ZMB 8120, 39143 Paratypes: BMNH 1937.12.5.464-472, 1937.12.5.473-477 [gardoensis] Holotype: USNM 20077 [Eremias hoehneli] |
Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS (hoehneli). Ventral plates in eight straight longitudinal series; occipital shield present; lower nasal divided, resting on first and second supralabial; supraoculars entirely surrounded by granules; scales on upper surface of tibia much larger than dorsals; upper head shields strongly striated; subocular reaching the lip; posterior chin shields reaching the lip; first pair of infralabials in contact behind the mental. (Stejneger 1893) Additional details (2240 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
Etymology | Named after Latin stria = groove, often for stripe or line. Eremias hoehneli was named after “Mr. Chanler’s traveling companion, Lieut. von Hoehnel, of the Imperial Austrian Navy, who has also done part of the collecting.” (now a synonym) |
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