Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Gallotiinae
Genus: Psammodromus
Species: Psammodromus occidentalis

Name

  • Psammodromus occidentalis Fitze, Gonzalez-Jimena, San-Jose, Mauro & Zardoya, 2012
Holotype: MNCN / ADN 34516, adult male captured on 24 October 2008 by Patrick S. Fitze and Virginia Gonzalez-Jimena.
Type locality: Colmenar del Arroyo (Madrid, Spain, 40° 27’ 22.14’’N, 4° 10’ 28.36’’W).
Etymology: The species epithet refers to the geographical distribution of this lizard. All described populations are located on the Western Iberian Peninsula.

References

  • Patrick S. Fitze, Virginia Gonzalez-Jimena, Luis M. San-Jose, Diego San Mauro & Rafael Zardoya. 2012: A new species of sand racer, Psammodromus (Squamata: Lacertidae), from the Western Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa, 3205: 41–52. Preview
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