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Pedioplanis burchelli (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Burchell's Sand Lizard 
SynonymEremias burchelli DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 303
Eremias burchelli — GRAY 1845
Eremias burchelli — MÜLLER 1880
Eremias burchelli — ROUX 1907: 427
Eremias burchelli — BOULENGER 1910: 477
Eremias burchelli — HEWTITT 1926: 80
Eremias burchelli — FITZSIMONS 1943: 346
Pedioplanis burchelli — BALLETTO 1968 [by implication]
Mesalina burchelli — SZCZERBAK 1975
Pedioplanis burchelli — MAYER & BERGER-DELL’MOUR 1988
Mesalina burchelli — SZCZERBAK 1989
Pedioplanis burchelli — MAYER 1989
Pedioplanis burchelli — NKOSI et al. 2004
Pedioplanis burchelli — MAKOKHA et al. 2007
Pedioplanis burchelli — KIRCHHOF et al. 2017 
DistributionS/E South Africa, Lesotho

Type locality: "South Africa"  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.82 (previously 65.5.4.39) 
Diagnosis 
CommentDiet: insectivorous.

Type species: Eremias burchelli DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 303 is the type species of the genus Pedioplanis FITZINGER 1843.

Key: Parrinha et al. 2021:42 provide a key to the species of Pedioplanis.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after WiIliam John Burchell (1781-1863), an explorer and naturalist. He went to the Cape of Good Hope (1810) and undertook a major exploration of the interior of South Africa (1811-1815). He committed suicide.

The genus was named after Greek pedion (πεδίον), plain + Greek planis (πλάνης), wanderer, vagabond. [?]. 
References
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  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
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  • 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
  • Branch, W. R. 1988. Life History Note: Pedioplanis burchelli: Reproduction. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (35): 39-39 - get paper here
  • Conradie, Werner; Brain Reeves, Sandile Mdoko, Lwandiso Pamla, Oyama Gxabhu 2020. Herpetological survey of the Ongeluksnek (Malekgalonyane) Nature Reserve on the foothills of the Drakensberg, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Herpetology Notes 13: 717-730 - get paper here
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  • 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
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