Namibia / Waterberg Plateau. 

Species:

Pedioplanis rubens  (MERTENS, 1954)

Synonyms:

Eremias undata rubens  MERTENS, 1954

Common names:

Waterberg Sand Lizard (English)
Waterberg-Wüstenrenner (German)

Types:

Holotype: SMF 45943, adult male

Terra Typica:

Okatjikona, Waterberg, Namibia.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Mertens, R. (1954) -  Description of Pedioplanis rubens. -  In: “Neue Eidechsen aus Südwest-Afrika”. – Senckenbergiana, Frankfurt/Main, 34 (4/6): 175-183.   

  • Makokha, J.S. & Bauer, A.M. & Mayer, W. & Matthee, C.A. (2007) -  Nuclear and mtDNA-based phylogeny of southern African sand lizards, Pedioplanis (Sauria: Lacertidae). -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 44 (2): 622-633.    

  • Childers, J.L. & Kirchhof, S. & Bauer, A.M. (2021) -  Lizards of a different stripe: phylogenetics of the Pedioplanis undata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of two new species. -  Zoosystematics and Evolution, 97 (1): 249–272.    

 
 
 
 
 

Pedioplanis rubens  © 2017 Mikael Bauer