Tropidosaura
| Tropidosaura | |
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| Tropidosaura gularis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Tropidosaura Fitzinger, 1826[1] |
| Species | |
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Tropidosaura is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae.[1] The genus is endemic to southern Africa.[2]
Geographic range
All species in the genus Tropidosaura are found in South Africa.[3]
Species
The following four species are recognized.[3]
- Tropidosaura cottrelli Hewitt, 1925
- Tropidosaura essexi Hewitt, 1927
- Tropidosaura gularis Hewitt, 1927
- Tropidosaura montana (Gray, 1831)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidosaura.
Etymology
The specific names, cottrelli and essexi, are in honor of South African ornithologist John Awdry Cottrell and South African herpetologist Robert Essex, respectively.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
- ↑ Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second Impression. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Tropidosaura, p. 174).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidosaura cottrelli, p. 60; T. essexi, pp. 85-86).
Further reading
- Fitzinger LI. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschaft-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologischen Museums zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. 5 unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Tropidosaura, new genus, p. 22). (in German).