Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Pygopodidae Bibliography of the genus Pletholax Biodiversity of the family Pygopodidae Genus Pletholax Keeled Legless Lizards Kiel-Flossenfüsse Kølskællede Finnefødder 1864 Pletholax Cope (type species: Pletholax gracilis Cope 1864) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Pletholax edelensis Shark Bay Keeled Legless Lizard Nördlicher Kiel-Flossenfuss Nordlig Kølskællet Finnefod 1978 Pletholax gracilis edelensis Storr Pletholax edelensis Wells & Wellington 1984 Remarks: Previously regarded as a subspecies of gracilis. Raised to status as a separate species by Kealley, Doughty, Edwards & Brennan (2020), although already Wells & Wellington (1984) had regarded it as such. Distribution: Australia (Western Australia). Pletholax gracilis West Coast Keeled Legless Lizard, Slender Slider Südlicher Kiel-Flossenfuss Sydlig Kølskællet Finnefod 1864 Pletholax gracilis Cope Remarks: Previously included edelensis. Distribution: Australia (Western Australia).