Cordylus minor

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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

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Cordylus
Species: Cordylus minor

Name edit

Cordylus minor FitzSimons, 1943

  • Syntypes (6): TM 19563–19568, adult ♂ and ♀, collected on 26 September 1940.
  • Type locality: “just north of Matjesfontein, C.P. [=Western Cape Province]”, South Africa.

Combinations edit

  • Cordylus cordylus minor FitzSimons, 1943: 458 [original combination, as subspecies]
  • Cordylus minorBranch, 1988 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Synonyms edit

  • Cordylus cloetei Mouton & Van Wyk, 1994: 12 [synonymised by Tolley et al. (2022)]
    • Holotype: SAM 50893, adult ♂, collected by P. Le F.N. Mounton and J.H. Van Wyk on 10 June 1993.
    • Type locality: “The farm, De Hoek, in the Nuweveld Mountains, Fraserburg district (32°09′31″S / 21°43′17″E; 3221BA Steenkampsvlakte), Northern Cape Province, South Africa, at an altitude of 1700 m above sea level”.
  • Cordylus aridus Mouton & Van Wyk, 1994: 15 [synonymised by Tolley et al. (2022)]
    • Holotype: SAM 50901, adult ♀, collected by P. Le F.N. Mounton on 9 October 1989.
    • Type locality: “The farm Botterkraal in the Prince Albert district (33°25′22″S / 22°05′21″"E; 3322AB Botterkraal), Western Cape Province, South Africa, at an altitude of 970 m above sea level”.

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Vernacular names edit

English: Western Dwarf Girdled Lizard