Psammodromus

Psammodromus
Psammodromus algirus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Subfamily:	Gallotiinae
Genus:	Psammodromus Fitzinger, 1826
Species
Six recognized species, see article.

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.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

• 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 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.

Further reading

• 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).
• 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 German and Latin).
• López, Pilar; Martín, José (2009). "Lipids in femoral gland secretions of male lizards, Psammodromus hispanicus ". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 37 (4): 304–307.