| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Short-headed Sandveld Lizard, Sternfeld's Sand Lizard |
| Synonym | Eremias breviceps STERNFELD 1911: 404
Mesalina breviceps — SZCZERBAK 1989
Pedioplanis breviceps — MAYER 1989
Pedioplanis breviceps — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1995
Pedioplanis breviceps —MAKOKHA et al. 2007
Pedioplanis breviceps — SCHLEICHER 2020 |
| Distribution | NW Namibia
Type locality: “Walfisch-Bay”
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMB 23445, female |
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| Comment | Synonymy: FITZSIMONS 1943 listed Eremias breviceps STERNFELD 1911 as a synonym of E. namaquensis. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “brevis, -e” = short and “-ceps”, a short form of “caput” = head. |
| References |
- 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
- Bauer, Aaron M.;Günther, Rainer 1995. An annotated type catalogue of the lacertids (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 71 (1): 37-62 - get paper here
- Conradie, Werner; G. John Measey, William R. Branch & Krystal A. Tolley 2012. Revised phylogeny of African sand lizards (Pedioplanis), with the description of two new species from south-western Angola. African Journal of Herpetology 61 (2): 91-112; DOI:10.1080/21564574.2012.676079 - 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
- Loehr, V. 1997. Herpetologische waarnemingen in Zuid-Afrika en Namibië. Lacerta 55 (5): 187-200 - 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
- Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp. - get paper here
- Sternfeld, R. 1911. Zur Herpetologie Südwestafrikas. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 5: 393-411. - get paper here
- 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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