Cordylosaurus subtessellatus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
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 Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.19.41.

Type locality: “Great Namaqualand”.

Gerrhosaurus subtessellatus Smith 1844: pl. XLI, unpaginated [original combination]
Pleurostrichus subtessellatus Gray, 1845: 51 [subsequent combination]
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus Gray, 1965: 641 [subsequent combination]

Syntypes (4): ZMB 4205, subadult; ZMB 4206, adult; ZMB 4207, juvenile; ZMB 50300, subadult; collected by Missionar C.H. Hahn.

Type locality: “Neu-Barmen [=Otjimbingwe]”, Namibia.

Cordylosaurus trivirgatus — Gray, 1865: 641 [Incorrect subsequent spelling for trivittatus]

Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 2. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page.
Peters, W.C.H. 1862. Übersicht einiger von dem , durch seine afrikanische Sprachforschungen, rühmlichst bekannten, Hrn. Missionär C.H. Hahn bei Neu-Barmen, im Hererolande, and der Westküste von Afrika, im 21˚ südl. Br. gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862: 15–26. BHL
Gray, J.E. 1865. Descriptions of Two New Genera of Lizards from Damaraland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(3): 640–642. BHL

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cordylosaurus subtessellatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2018.
Adolphs, K. & Bates, M.F. 2010. IUCN: Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178341A7526963. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178341A7526963.en

English: Dwarf Plated Lizard