Tracheloptychus

Tracheloptychus
Tracheloptychus madagascariensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamily: Zonosaurinae
Genus: Tracheloptychus
W. Peters, 1854

Tracheloptychus is a small genus of plated lizards endemic to Madagascar.[1][2]

Species

There are two species:[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name, petersi, is in honor of German herpetologist Wilhelm Peters, who is the author of this genus.[5]

References

  1. Raselimanana A, Vences M (2011). Tracheloptychus madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
  2. Rakotondravony H, Raselimanana A, Ramanamanjato J-B, Raxworthy CJ (2011). Tracheloptychus petersi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
  3. Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary. National Academy of Sciences. National Academies Press. 2005. pg. 209.
  4. "Tracheloptychus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  5. 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. (Tracheloptychus petersi, pp. 204-205).

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