''Psammodromus'' is a small
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of sand lizards of the
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Lacertidae
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''. It has six described species, which are found in
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an and North African countries next to the
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.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.
["''Psammodromus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.]
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Psammodromus algirus
''Psammodromus algirus'', known commonly as the Algerian psammodromus or the large psammodromus, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is found in southwestern Europe and northwestern Africa.
Subspecies
There are four su ...
'' - large psammodromus, Algerian psammodromus, Algerian sand racer
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Psammodromus blanci'' - Blanc's sand racer, Blanc's psammodromus
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Psammodromus edwarsianus'' - East Iberian sand racer, East Iberian psammodromus
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Psammodromus hispanicus'' – Spanish psammodromus
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Psammodromus jeanneae''
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Psammodromus manuelae''
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Psammodromus microdactylus'' – small-fingered psammodromus, green psammodromus
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Psammodromus occidentalis''
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Psammodromus''.
References
Further reading
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Boulenger GA (1887). '' Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus ''Psammodromus'', pp. 46–47).
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Fitzinger LI (1826). ''Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K.K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien''. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. five unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (''Psammodromus'', new genus, p. 22). (in
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*López, Pilar; Martín, José (2009). "Lipids in femoral gland secretions of male lizards, ''Psammodromus hispanicus'' ". ''Biochemical Systematics and Ecology'' 37 (4): 304–307.
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
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