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Pseuderemias smithii

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Species of lizard

Pseuderemias smithii
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Pseuderemias
Species: P. smithii
Binomial name
Pseuderemias smithii
(Boulenger, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Eremias smithii
    Boulenger, 1895
  • Pseuderemias smithii
    — Lanza, 1983

Pseuderemias smithii, also known commonly as Smith's racerunner or Smith's sand racer, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

P. smithii is named after Arthur Donaldson Smith, who was an American physician and traveller.

Geographic range

P. smithii is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.

Reproduction

P. smithii is oviparous.

References

  1. Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Pseuderemias smithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21266943A21266972. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21266943A21266972.en. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. ^ Pseuderemias smithii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 247).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1895). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Western Somali-land and the Galla Country". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895: 530–540 + Plates XXIX & XXX. ("Eremias smithi ", new species, pp. 534–535 + "Eremias smithii ", Plate XXIX, figure 4).
  • Largen M, Spawls S (2010). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 369).
  • Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 91: 1–101. ("Eremias smithi ", p. 62).
  • Szczerbak, "Nikolai N." (1989). "Catalogue of the African Sand Lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles)". Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 119–132. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 129).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 201).


Taxon identifiers
Pseuderemias smithii


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