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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Pseuderemias |
| Species: | P. brenneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseuderemias brenneri (W. Peters, 1869)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, brenneri, is in honor of Richard Brenner, who was a German explorer of Africa.[3]
Geographic range edit
P. brenneri is found in Djibouti, eastern Ethiopia, Somalia, and northeastern Sudan.[2]
Habitat edit
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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Pseuderemias brenneri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2019.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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 edit
- 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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