Pseuderemias brenneri explained

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.^[1]

Geographic range

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. brenneri are desert, shrubland, and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 1100m (3,600feet).

Description

P. brenneri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 5cm (02inches), and a tail length of about 11cm (04inches).^[2]

Reproduction

P. brenneri is oviparous.

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. . (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).

Notes and References

1. [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]
2. [George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]