Psammodromus
Encyclopedia
Psammodromus is a small genus
of sand lizards of the family
Lacertidae
. It has six described species, which are found in Europe
an and North African countries next to the Mediterranean
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sand lizards of the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Lacertidae
Lacertidae
Lacertidae is the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The group includes the genus Lacerta, which contains some of the most commonly seen lizard species in Europe...
. It has six described species, which are found in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an and North African countries next to the Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
.
Species
- Psammodromus algirus - Linnaeus, 1758
- Psammodromus blanci - Lataste, 1880
- Spanish Psammodromus, Psammodromus hispanicus - Fitzinger, 1826
- Psammodromus jeanneae - Busack, Salvador & Lawson 2006
- Psammodromus manuelae - Busack, Salvador & Lawson 2006
- Small-fingered Psammodromus, Psammodromus microdactylus - Boettger, 1881