Cordylus minor

Taxonavigation

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

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.

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

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”.

FitzSimons, V. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoirs 1: 1–528. Reference page.
Mouton, P. Le F.N. & Van Wyk, J.H. 1994. Taxonomic status of geographical isolates in the Cordylus minor complex (Reptilia: Cordylidae): A description of three new species. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 43(1): 6–18. DOI: 10.1080/04416651.1994.9650376 Reference page.
Tolley, K.A., Telford, N.S., Taft, J.M., Bates, M.F., Conradie, W., Makhubo, B.G. & Alexander, G.J. 2022. Taxonomic inflation due to inadequate sampling: are girdled lizards (Cordylus minor species complex) from the Great Karoo one and the same? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab119 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cordylus minor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 October 2018.
Bates, M.F., Tolley, K. & Mouton, P.L.F.N. 2018. IUCN: Cordylus minor (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T110159714A115674855. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110159714A115674855.en. Accessed on 11 April 2022.

English: Western Dwarf Girdled Lizard