Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Lizards Lacertidae Africa Europe Taxonomy of the genus Psammodromus Biodiversity of the family Lacertidae Bibliography of the genus Psammodromus (Western Mediterranean Sand Lizards) (Reptilia: Sauria: Lacertidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Psammodromus in general Arnold, E.N. 1973. Relationships of the Palearctic lizards assigned to the genera Lacerta, Algyroides and Psammodromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 25(8): 289-366. Bedriaga, J. 1886. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lacertiden - Familie (Lacerta, Algiroides, Tropidosaura, Zerzumia, und Bettaia). 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Chemosystematische Untersuchungen zur Stellung von Lacerta jayakari Boulenger, 1887 sowie der Gattung Gallotia Boulenger und Psammodromus Fitzinger (Sauria; Lacertidae). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 24(2): 144-157. Ortega-Rubio, A. 1992. Trophic partitioning and community organization in a guild of lizards in La Sierra de Quadarrama (Spain). Biologia (Bratislava) 47(2): 163-172. Perez-Mellado, V.; Corti, C.; Lo Cascio, P. 1997. Tail autotomy and extinction in Mediterranean lizards. A preliminary study of continental and insular populations. Journal of Zoology (London) 243(3): 533-541. Sautereau, L. (undated, 1979?). Notes on captive reproduction in European lizards of four genera (Lacerta, Podarcis, Psammodromus and Acanthodactylus.). ASRA (Association for the Study of Reptilia and Amphibia) Journal 1(2): 2-11. Psammodromus algirus Alborna, P.X.; Mateos, J.; Carretero, M.A. 2004. Depredacion ocasional de juveniles Acanthodactylus erythrurus por adultos de Psammodromus algirus. Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 15(1): 33-34. Arab, K.; Doumandji, S.E. 2003. Etude du regime alimentaire de la Tarente de Mauritanie Tarentola mauritanica (Linne. 1758) (Gekkonidae) et le Psammodrome algire Psammodromus algirus (Linne. 1758) (Lacertidae) dans un milieu sub-urbain pres d'Alger. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 106: 10-16. Baierl, E. 2011. Ein Algerischer Sandläufer Psammodromus algirus erbeutet ein Paarungsrad von Orthetrum chrysostigma (Squamata: Lacertidae; Odonata: Libellulidae). Libellula 30(1-2): 89-91. Barahona, F.; Barbadillo, L.J. 1998. Inter- and intraspecific variation in the post-natal skull of some lacertid lizards. Journal of Zoology (London) 245(4): 393-405. Barbadillo, L.J.; Barahona, F. 1994. The number of cervical vertebrae in lacertid lizards: some unusual cases. Herpetological Journal 4(4): 166. Bateman, P.W. 1995. 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