Ichnotropis capensis

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Ichnotropis capensis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Ichnotropis
Species: Ichnotropis capensis

Name edit

  • Ichnotropis capensis (Smith, 1838) [conserved name]

Holotype: lost fide FitzSimons (1943: 354).

Type locality: “sandy deserts around Latakoo [=Kuruman]”, South Africa.

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (Opinion 1422).

Combinations edit

  • Algyra capensis Smith, 1838: 94 [original combination]
  • Tropidosaura capensisDuméril & Bibron, 1839: 171 [name combination]
  • Thermophilus capensisFitzinger, 1843: 21 [name combination]
  • Ichnotropis capensisBoulenger, 1887: 78 [name combination]

Synonyms edit

  • Tropidosaura dumerelii [sic] Smith, 1849: app 7

Type locality: “sandy deserts of the north-east Latakoo [=Kuruman], toward the Tropic of Capricorn”, South Africa.

  • Ichnotropis macrolepidot[a] Peters, 1854: 617

Syntype (1): ZMB 6123, with 2 specimens.

Type locality: “Lourenzo Marques [=Maputo]”, Mozambqiue.

  • Ichnotropis longipes Boulenger, 1902: 17

Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.8.4.21-23, ♂.

Type locality: “Mazoë and between Umtali and Marandellas”, Zimbabwe.

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Vernacular names edit

Afrikaans: Kaapse grofskub-sandakkedis
English: Cape/Smith's rough-scaled lizard