Species

Pedioplanis benguelensis

Pedioplanis benguelensis · described by (BOCAGE 1867)

Pedioplanis branchi, a close relative of Pedioplanis benguelensis

Pictured: Pedioplanis branchi, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Fossil specimen.

Photo: Childers JL, Kirchhof S, Bauer AM (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. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.61351, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Pedioplanis benguelensis
First described
(BOCAGE 1867)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Lacertidae
Genus
Pedioplanis

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree