Synonymy

• Algyra Cuvier, 1829: 31
  • Type species: Lacerta algira Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
• Aspistis Wagler, 1830: 156 [preoccupied by Aspistis Hoffmannsegg]
  • Type species: Lacerta edwarsiana Dugès, 1829, by monotypy.
• Notopholis Wagler, 1830: 342 [substitute name for Apistis Wagler, 1830]
• Psammuros Wagler, 1830: 156
  • Type species: Lacerta algira Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
• Algira — Gray, 1838: 282 [unjustified emendation]
• Zerzoumia Lataste, 1880: 299
  • Type species: Zerzoumia blanci Lataste, 1880, by monotypy.

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue classification der reptilien nach ihren natürlichen verwandtschaften. Nebst einer verwandtschafts-tafel und einem verzeichnisse der reptilien-sammlung des K. K. zoologischen museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL Reference page. 

• Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome II. Déterville: Paris. i–xv + 406 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.49223 BHL Reference page. 

• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page. 

• Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 1. Annals of Natural History. Series 1 1(4): 274–283. DOI: 10.1080/00222933809512291 ; BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Busack, S.D., Salvador, A. & Lawson, R. 2006. Two new species in the genus Psammodromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from the Iberian Peninsula. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(1): 1–10. DOI: 10.2992/0097-4463(2006)75[1:TNSITG]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

• Verdú-Ricoy, J., Carranza, S., Salvador, A., Busack, S.D. & Díaz, J.A. 2010. Phylogeography of Psammodromus algirus (Lacertidae) revisited: systematic implications. Amphibia-Reptilia 31(4): 576–582. DOI: 10.1163/017353710X521555 Reference page. 

• Fitze, P.S., González-Jimena, V., San José, L.M., San Mauro, D., Aragón, P., Suárez, T. & Zardoya, R. 2011. Integrative analyses of speciation and divergence in Psammodromus hispanicus (Squamata: Lacertidae). BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 347. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-347 Reference page. 

• Fitze, P.S., González-Jimena, V., San José, L.M., San Mauro, D. & Zardoya, R. 2012. A new species of sand racer, Psammodromus (Squamata: Lacertidae), from the Western Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa 3205(1): 41–52. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3205.1.3 Reference page. 

• Mendes, J., Harris, D.J., Carranza, S. & Salvi, D. 2017. Biogeographical crossroad across the Pillars of Hercules: Evolutionary history of Psammodromus lizards in space and time. Journal of Biogeography 44(12): 2877–2890. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13100 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Psammodromus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 Augustt 2021.