Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: November 9th, 2023.
 
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Genus
Psammodromus
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Western Mediterranean Sand Lizards, Plated Lacertids
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Sandläufer
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Vestmediterrane Sandløberfirben
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1826 |  |
Psammodromus Fitzinger (type species: Psammodromus hispanicus Fitzinger 1826) |
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1829 | |
Algira Cuvier (type species: ?; syn. Boulenger 1921) |
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1830 | |
Aspistis (Apistes?)# Wagler [not Aspistis Hoffm.] (type species: Lacerta edwarsiana Dugès 1829; syn. Boulenger 1921) |
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1830 | |
Notopholis Wiegmann [substitute name for Apistis Wagler 1830] (Loveridge 1957) |
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1830 | |
Psammuros Wagler (type species: ?; syn. Boulenger 1921) |
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1880 | |
Zerzoumia Lataste (type species: Zerzoumia blanci Lataste 1880; syn. Arnold 1989) |
Contents:
6 species, of which 2 (33.3%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Introduced to:
Italy
(Pelagie Islands:
Conigli Islet),
Spain
(Balearic Islands:
Mallorca).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Andorra,
France,
Gibraltar,
Morocco,
Portugal,
Spain,
Tunisia.
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Psammodromus algirus
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Greater Sand Lizard, Large Sand Lizard, Algerian Sand Lizard
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Algerischer Sandläufer
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Algiersk Sandløberfirben
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1766 | |
Lacerta algira Linnaeus |
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Scincus algira Daudin 1802 |
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Tropidosaura algira Fitzinger 1826 |
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Psammuros algira Wagler 1830 |
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Algira algira Boettger 1883 |
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Psammodromus algirus Boulenger 1887 |
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1829 | |
Algyra barbarica Guérin-Méneville (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) |
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1886 | |
Psammodromus algirus doriae Bedriaga (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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1887 | |
Tropidosaura algira nollii Fischer (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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1931 | |
Psammodromus algirus ketamensis Galan (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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2006 | |
Psammodromus jeanneae Busack, Salvador & Lawson (Speybroeck & Crochet 2007; Verdú-Ricoy, Carranza, Salvador, Busack & Díaz 2010) |
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2006 | |
Psammodromus manuelae Busack, Salvador & Lawson (Speybroeck & Crochet 2007; Verdú-Ricoy, Carranza, Salvador, Busack & Díaz 2010) |
Remarks:
This species has been suggested to be restricted to Africa by some authors. European populations (France, Portugal, Spain) previously assigned to algirus are thought to represent a species complex of which only two (jeanneae, manuelae, both from Spain) have been formally described. These two nominal species are currently regarded as synonyms of algirus (e.g., Speybroeck & Crochet 2007; Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008; Speybroeck, Beukema & Crochet 2010). Even if proven valid species, further studies are needed to clarify the status of the remaining European polulations (Busack, Salvador & Lawson 2006). Pending a more thorough study, European populations are herein treated as algirus. Erroneously recorded by Welch (1982) from Mauritania (Padial 2006).
Introduced to:
Italy
(Pelagie Islands:
Conigli Islet),
Spain
(Balearic Islands:
Mallorca).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Andorra,
France,
Gibraltar,
Morocco,
Portugal,
Spain,
Tunisia.
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Psammodromus algirus
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Psammodromus blanci
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Northwest African Sand Lizard
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Nordwestafrikanischer Sandläufer
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Nordvestafrikansk Sandløberfirben
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1880 | |
Zerzoumia blanci Lataste |
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Algira blanci Boettger 1883 |
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Psammodromus blanci Boulenger 1887 |
Distribution:
Algeria,
Morocco,
Tunisia.
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Psammodromus edwarsianus
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Eastern Iberian Sand Lizard
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Ostiberischer Sandläufer
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Østiberisk Sandløberfirben
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1829 | |
Lacerta edwarsiana Dugès |
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Notopholis edwardsiana [sic] Wiegmann 1834 |
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Psammodromus edwardsianus [sic] Bonaparte 1839 |
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Psammodromus hispanicus edwardsianus [sic] Mertens 1925 |
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Psammodromus edwardsianus [sic] Fitze, Gonzalez-Jimena, San-Jose, Mauro & Zardoya 2012 |
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Psammodromus edwarsianus Crochet 2015 |
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1839 | |
Psammodromus edwardsii Duméril & Bibron (Boulenger 1921) |
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Psammodromus hispanicus edwardsii Welch 1983 |
Remarks:
Crochet (2015) pointed out that the correct spelling of the specific epithet is edwarsianus, not edwardsianus, as seen in most older literature.
Distribution:
France,
Spain.
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Psammodromus hispanicus
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Central Iberian Sand Lizard, (Spanish Sand Lizard)
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Spanischer Sandläufer
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Centraliberisk Sandløberfirben, (Spansk Sandløberfirben)
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1826 | |
Psammodromus hispanicus Fitzinger |
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1838 | |
? Algira penetata Gray (Boulenger 1921) |
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1839 | |
Psammodromus cinereus Bonaparte (Salvador in Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Lacerta cinerea Schinz 1840 |
Remarks:
Previously included edwarsianus and populations now assigned to occidentalis (Fitze, Gonzalez-Jimena, San-Jose, Mauro & Zardoya 2012).
Distribution:
Spain.
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Psammodromus microdactylus
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Green Sand Lizard, (Green Psammodromus)
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Marokkanischer Sandläufer
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Grønt Sandløberfirben
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1881 | |
Algira microdactyla Boettger |
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Psammodromus microdactylus Boulenger 1887 |
Remarks:
Sometimes regarded as a synonym of blanci (Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008).
Distribution:
Morocco.
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Psammodromus occidentalis
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Western Iberian Sand Lizard
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Westiberischer Sandläufer
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Vestiberisk Sandløberfirben
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2012 | |
Psammodromus occidentalis Fitze, Gonzalez-Jimena, San-Jose, Mauro & Zardoya |
Distribution:
Portugal,
Spain.
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