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Pedioplanis laticeps (SMITH, 1845)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Karoo Sand Lizard 
SynonymLacerta Capensis SMITH 1838 (fide BRANCH & BAUER 2005)
Eremias laticeps SMITH 1845
Eremias burchelli — GRAY 1845 [nec Eremias burchelli DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839]
Eremias capensis — PETERS 1871: 114
Pedioplanis laticeps — BALLETTO 1968 [by implication]
Mesalina laticeps — SZCZERBAK 1975
Mesalina laticeps — SZCZERBAK 1989
Pedioplanis laticeps — MAYER 1989
Pedioplanis laticeps —MAKOKHA et al. 2007
Pedioplanis laticeps — KIRCHHOF et al. 2017 
DistributionSouth Africa (central and northwestern Cape province), S Namibia

Type locality: arid areas of Cape Colony  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.56, designated by Kirchhof et al. 2017; paralectotypes: BMNH 1865.5.4.87 and BMNH 1865.5.4.88 
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CommentLacerta capensis A. SMITH, 1938 is preoccupied by Lacerta capensis SPARRMANN, 1783 (= Varanus n. niloticus), fide MERTENS 1955. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin latus, wide, broad; spacious, extensive + Latin -ceps, -headed. 
References
  • BALLETTO, E. 1968. Contributo alla biogeografia della Somalia. Boll. Mus. Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova, 26 (248):191-280
  • 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.
  • Bauer, A.M. & Lamb, T. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of southern African geckos in the Pachydactylus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Journal of Herpetology 54 (2): 105-129 - 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
  • Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - 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
  • KIRCHHOF, SEBASTIAN; JOHANNES PENNER, MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL, JOHANNES MÜLLER 2017. Resolution of the types, diagnostic features, and distribution of two easily confused Sand Lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps (Smith, 1845) and P. burchelli (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 4318 (1): 082–109 - 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
  • Peters, W. C. H. 1871. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der herpetologische Fauna von Südafrika. Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin 1870: 110-115. - get paper here
  • Plessis, I.J. du and P.leF.N. Mouton 2011. Habitat Preferences of Three Sympatric Lacertid Lizards in the Arid Tankwa Karoo Basin of South Africa. African Zoology 46 (1): 88-94 - get paper here
  • Shcherbak, N.N. [= Szczerbak] 1975. Katalog afrikanskikh Jaszczurok [Catalog of African sand lizards [Eremiainae]]. Akad. Sci. Ukrain. SSR, Zool. Inst., Zool. Mus.: 2-83
  • Smith, A. 1838. Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Art. VIII. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, 2 (14): 92-94
  • Smith, A. 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. 3 (Reptiles). Smith, Elder, and Co., London [facsimile published by Winchester Press, Johannesburg, 1977] - get paper here
  • Smith,A. 1845. Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, Reptilia. Smith, Elder, and Co., London - 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
  • Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria - get paper here
 
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