Pedioplanis branchi

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Pedioplanis branchi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Pedioplanis
Species:
P. branchi
Binomial name
Pedioplanis branchi
Childers, Kirchhof, & Bauer, 2021 [1]

Pedioplanis branchi is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Namibia. [2] It is named after the British-born South African herpetologist William Roy Branch. [1] [2]

Pedioplanis branchi measure 42–50 mm (1.7–2.0 in) in snout–vent length. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Childers, Jackie L.; Kirchhof, Sebastian; Bauer, Aaron M. (2021). "Lizards of a different stripe: phylogenetics of the Pedioplanis undata species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae), with the description of two new species". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97 (1): 249–272. doi: 10.3897/zse.97.61351 .
  2. 1 2 Pedioplanis branchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 16 May 2021.