Psammodromus
Genus of lizards
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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.[2]
| Psammodromus | |
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| Psammodromus algirus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Gallotiinae |
| Genus: | Psammodromus Fitzinger, 1826[1] |
| Species | |
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Six recognized species, see article. | |
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[3]
- 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 jeanneae
- 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.
