Slender slider
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| Genus: | Pletholax Cope, 1864
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| Species: | P. gracilis
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| Pletholax gracilis (Cope, 1864)
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Pletholax gracilis is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae, the only species in the genus Pletholax.[2]
Geographic range
Pletholax gracilis is endemic to coastal areas of southwestern Australia.[1]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
- Pletholax gracilis edelensis Storr, 1978
- Pletholax gracilis gracilis (Cope, 1864)
Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pletholax.
References
- ^ a b c "Pletholax gracilis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Shea, Glenn M.; Peterson, Magnus (1993). "Notes on the biology of the genus Pletholax Cope (Squamata: Pygopodidae)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 16 (3): 419–425.
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Pletholax gracilis, new combination, p. 245).
- Cope ED (1864). "On the Characters of the higher Groups of REPTILIA SQUAMATA—and especially of the DIPLOGLOSSA". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1864: 224-231. (Pletholax, new genus, p. 229; Pygopus gracilis, new species, p. 229).
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