Biology:Pletholax

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Short description: Genus of lizards

Pletholax
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Pygopodidae
Genus: Pletholax
Cope, 1864

Pletholax (Keeled Legless Lizard) is a legless lizard occurring in Western Australia.

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Pletholax gracilis (Cope, 1864) - slender slider
  • Pletholax edelensis (Storr, 1978) - Edel land slider

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

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).

Wikidata ☰ Q13427020 entry