Pletholax
| Pletholax gracilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Gekkota |
| Family: | Pygopodidae |
| Genus: | Pletholax Cope, 1864 |
| Species: | P. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pletholax gracilis (Cope, 1864) | |
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| Geographic range of Pletholax gracilis in Australia. | |
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Pletholax gracilis is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae, the only species in the genus Pletholax.[2]
Geographic range
Pletholax gracilis is endemic to coastal areas of southwestern Australia.[1]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
Nota bene: A binomial authority or a trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pletholax.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Pygopodidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Pletholax gracilis, new combination, p. 245).
- Cope ED (1864). "On the Characters of the higher Groups of REPTILIA SQUAMATA—and especially of the DIPLOGLOSSA". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1864: 224-231. (Pletholax, new genus, p. 229; Pygopus gracilis, new species, p. 229).
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