Psammodromus

Psammodromus is a small genus of sand lizards of the family Lacertidae. It has six described species, which are found in European and North African countries next to the Mediterranean.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[3]

• Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758) - large psammodromus, Algerian psammodromus, Algerian sand racer
• Psammodromus blanci (Lataste, 1880) - Blanc's sand racer, Blanc's psammodromus
• Psammodromus edwarsianus (Dugès, 1829) - East Iberian sand racer, East Iberian psammodromus
• Psammodromus hispanicus Fitzinger, 1826 – Spanish psammodromus
• Psammodromus jeanneae
• Psammodromus manuelae
• Psammodromus microdactylus (Boettger, 1881) – small-fingered psammodromus, green psammodromus
• Psammodromus occidentalis Fitze et al., 2012

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

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