Pseuderemias savagei

Pseuderemias savagei is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.

Pseuderemias savagei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Pseuderemias
Species:	P. savagei
Binomial name
Pseuderemias savagei (Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965)
Synonyms[2]
Eremias savagei Gans, Laurent & Pandit, 1965[3] Pseuderemias mucronata savagei — Lanza, 1983 Pseuderemias savagei — Szczerbak, 1989

Etymology

Although it has been stated that the specific name, savagei, is in honor of American herpetologist Jay M. Savage,^[4] the original work thanks Francis J. Savage for his "manifold hospitality and assistance",^[3] making him the probable person honored.^[a]

Geographic range

P. savagei is found in northeastern Somalia.^[1][2]

Reproduction

P. savagei is oviparous.^[2]

Notes

1. "This species is named in honor of Francis J. Savage, who was a USAID Foreign Service Officer stationed in Mogadishu, Somalia at the time, and invited Dr. Carl Gans to visit him in Somalia. My father was from Olean, New York and he contacted the State University of New York at Buffalo, where Dr. Gans worked at the time. Another species, Agamodon compressus was also discovered around this same time. I was a boy at the time but went collecting with Dr. Gans. Personal Observation." Signed: Ronald F. Savage Jan. 23, 2022

References

1. Mazuch, T. (2021). "Pseuderemias savagei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21266755A21266809. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T21266755A21266809.en. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
2. Pseuderemias savagei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2019.
3. Gans, C; Laurent, RF & Pandit, Hemchandra (1965). "Notes on a herpetological collection from the Somali Republic" (PDF). Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Série in Octavo, Science Zoologique. 134: 1–93. (Eremias savagei, new species).
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseuderemias savagei, p. 233).

Further reading

• Sczczerbak, "Nikolai N." (1989). "Catalogue of the African Sand Lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles)". Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 119–132. (Pseuderemias savagei, p. 129).