Pseuderemias smithii

Pseuderemias smithii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Pseuderemias
Species:	P. smithii
Binomial name
	Pseuderemias smithii; (Boulenger, 1895)
Synonyms
	Eremias smithii; Boulenger, 1895; Pseuderemias smithii; — Lanza, 1983;

Last updated March 24, 2022

Pseuderemias smithii, also known commonly as Smith's racerunner or Smith's sand racer, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to East Africa.

Etymology

P. smithii is named after Arthur Donaldson Smith, who was an American physician and traveller.^[2]^[3]

Geographic range

P. smithii is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.^[2]

Reproduction

P. smithii is oviparous.^[2]

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References

↑ Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Pseuderemias smithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T21266943A21266972. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21266943A21266972.en . Retrieved 23 March 2022.
1 2 3 4 Pseuderemias smithii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 May 2019.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 247).

Boulenger GA (1895). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Western Somali-land and the Galla Country". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London1895: 530–540 + Plates XXIX & XXX. ("Eremias smithi [sic]", new species, pp. 534–535 + "Eremias smithii [sic]", Plate XXIX, figure 4).
Largen M, Spawls S (2010). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 369).
Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College91: 1–101. ("Eremias smithi [sic]", p. 62).
Szczerbak, "Nikolai N." (1989). "Catalogue of the African Sand Lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles)". Herpetozoa1 (3/4): 119–132. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 129).
Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 201).

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[IUCN-1] Spawls, S.; Malonza, P. (2021). "Pseuderemias smithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T21266943A21266972. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21266943A21266972.en . Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Pseuderemias smithii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 May 2019.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseuderemias smithii, p. 247).

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