Pseuderemias brenneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Pseuderemias
Species:
P. brenneri
Binomial name
Pseuderemias brenneri
(W. Peters, 1869)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eremias brenneri
    W. Peters, 1869
  • Eremias edwardsii
    Mocquard, 1888
  • Eremias brenneri
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Pseuderemias brenneri
    — Lanza, 1983

Pseuderemias brenneri, also known commonly as Brenner's racerunner or Brenner's sand racer, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the Horn of Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, brenneri, is in honor of Richard Brenner, who was a German explorer of Africa.[3]

Geographic range

P. brenneri is found in Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, and northeastern Sudan.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. brenneri are desert, shrubland, and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1,100 m (3,600 ft).[1]

Description

P. brenneri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5 cm (2.0 in), and a tail length of about 11 cm (4.3 in).[4]

Reproduction

P. brenneri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Mazuch, T. (2021). "Pseuderemias brenneri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21266426A21266563. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T21266426A21266563.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Pseuderemias brenneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseuderemias brenneri, p. 38).
  4. ↑ Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Eremias brenneri, pp. 86–87).

Further reading

  • Lanza B (1983). "A List of the Somali Amphibians and Reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento 18 (1): 193–247. (Pseuderemias brenneri, new combination). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 9783899734669. (Pseuderemias brenneri, p. 365).
  • Peters W (1869). "Über neue Gattungen und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhychonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, Tropidonotus)". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 432–447. (Eremias brenneri, new species, pp. 432–433). (in German).



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