East and northeast Spain as and Southern France. 

Species:

Psammodromus edwarsianus  (DUGÈS, 1829)

Synonyms:

Lacerta edwarsiana   DUGÈS, 1829

Psammodromus Edwardsii   DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839

Lacerta Edwardsii   ZANG, 1903

Common names:

Spanish Psammodromus (English)
Spanish sand racer (English)
Spanischer Sandläufer (German)
Lagartija Cenicienta (Spanish)

Types:

Holotype: unlocated

Terra Typica:

“South of France”; “bas Languedoc” [= lowland parts of the current Languedoc region] fide CROCHET 2015.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Dugès, A. (1829) -  Mémoire sur les espèces indigènes du genre Lacerta.  -  Annales des Sciences naturelles, 16, 337–339.  

  • Fitze, P.S. & Gonzalez-Jimena, V. & San-Jose, L.M. & San Mauro, D. & Aragón, P. & Suarez, T. & Zardoya, R. (2011) -  Integrative analyses of speciation and divergence in Psammodromus hispanicus (Squamata: Lacertidae) -  BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 347. 21 pp.    

  • Fitze, P.S. & Gonzalez-Jimena, V. & San-Jose, L.M. & San Mauro, D. & Zardoya, R. (2012) -  A new species of sand racer, Psammodromus (Squamata: Lacertidae), from the Western Iberian Peninsula -  Zootaxa 3205: 41–52 (2012)    

  • 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.