Pedioplanis benguelensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Pedioplanis |
| Species: | P. benguelensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedioplanis benguelensis (Bocage, 1867)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Pedioplanis bengulensis, known commonly as the Angolan sand lizard or Bocage's sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.
Geographic range[edit]
P. benguelensis is found in Angola and Namibia.[2]
Reproduction[edit]
P. benguelensis is oviparous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Bocage (1867).
- ^ a b c Pedioplanis benguellensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 May 2019.
Further reading[edit]
- Bocage JVB (1867). "Diagnoses de quelques reptiles nouveaux de l'Afrique occidentale". Jornal de sciencias mathematicas physicas e naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa 1 (3): 229-232. ("Eremias benguelensis [sic]", new species, p. 229). (in French).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Pedioplanis benguellensis, p. 173).
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