Pseuderemias smithii
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.
Pseuderemias smithii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Pseuderemias |
Species: | P. smithii |
Binomial name | |
Pseuderemias smithii (Boulenger, 1895) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Etymology
P. smithii is named after Arthur Donaldson Smith, who was an American physician and traveller.[1][2]
Reproduction
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References
- Pseuderemias smithii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2019.
- 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 [sic]", new species, pp. 534–535 + "Eremias smithii [sic]", 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 [sic]", 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).
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