Pedioplanis branchi

Pedioplanis branchi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertoidea
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Pedioplanis
Species:
P. branchi
Binomial name
Pedioplanis branchi
Childers, Kirchhof, & Bauer, 2021[1]

Pedioplanis branchi is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Namibia.[2] It is named after the British-born South African herpetologist William Roy Branch.[1][2]

Pedioplanis branchi measure 42–50 mm (1.7–2.0 in) in snout–vent length.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Childers, Jackie L.; Kirchhof, Sebastian; Bauer, Aaron 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. doi:10.3897/zse.97.61351.
  2. ^ a b Pedioplanis branchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 May 2021.


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