Pletholax

Pletholax gracilis
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)
Geographic range of Pletholax gracilis in Australia.
Synonyms[1]
Pygopus gracilis Cope, 1864 Pletholax gracilis — Boulenger, 1885

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]

• Pletholax gracilis edelensis Storr, 1978
• Pletholax gracilis gracilis (Cope, 1864)

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

1. "Pletholax gracilis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Shea, Glenn M.; Peterson, Magnus (1993). "Notes on the biology of the genus Pletholax Cope (Squamata: Pygopodidae)" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 16 (3): 419–425.

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).