Pedioplanis

Pedioplanis is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. All species of Pedioplanis are endemic to southern Africa.^[2][3]

Species

There are 16 valid species in this genus:^[3]

• Pedioplanis benguelensis (Bocage, 1867) – Angolan sand lizard, Bocage's sand lizard
• Pedioplanis branchi Childers, Kirchhof, & Bauer, 2021
• Pedioplanis breviceps (Sternfeld, 1911) – short-headed sand lizard, short-headed sandveld lizard, Sternfeld's sand lizard
• Pedioplanis burchelli (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Burchell's sand lizard
• Pedioplanis gaerdesi (Mertens, 1954) – Kaokoland sand lizard, Mayer's sand lizard
• Pedioplanis haackei Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012
• Pedioplanis huntleyi Conradie, Measey, Branch & Tolley, 2012
• Pedioplanis husabensis Berger-Dell'Mour & Mayer, 1989 – Husab sand lizard
• Pedioplanis inornata (Roux, 1907) – plain sand lizard, western sand lizard
• Pedioplanis laticeps (A. Smith, 1849) – Cape sand lizard, Karoo sand lizard
• Pedioplanis lineoocellata (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – common sand lizard, ocellated sand lizard, spotted sand lizard
• Pedioplanis mayeri Childers, Kirchhof, & Bauer, 2021
• Pedioplanis namaquensis (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) – Namaqua sand lizard
• Pedioplanis rubens (Mertens, 1954) – Ruben's sand lizard, Waterberg sand lizard
• Pedioplanis serodioi Parrinha, Marques, Heinicke, Khalid, Parker, Tolley, Childers, Conradie, Bauer, & Ceriaco, 2021
• Pedioplanis undata (A. Smith, 1838) - plain sand lizard, western sand lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pedioplanis.

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