Cordylus oelofseni

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

Cordylus oelofseni Mouton & Van Wyk, 1990: 34

Holotype: SAM 47388, adult ♀.
Type locality: “Dasklip Pass near Porterville, 32°42′S/19°21′E, Cape Province, South Africa, at an altitude of 760 m”.
Paratypes (30): SAM 47389, adult ♂, same data as the holotype; JEM-CR 579-583 from Landdroskop; JEM-CR 970-975 and 977 from Obiekwa; JEM-CR 63, 64, 585-587 and 1792 from Dasklip Pass; JEM-CR 473-476 and 202-204 from Piketberg Mountains; JEM-CR 1217, 1218 and 1220-1222 from Pickenierskloof.

Mouton, P. Le F.N. & van Wyk, J.H. 1990. Taxonomic status of the melanistic forms of the Cordylus cordylus complex (Reptilia: Cordylidae) in the south-western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Zoology 25(1): 31–38. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1990.11448185 Reference page.

Daniels, S.R., Mouton, P. Le F.N. & Du Toit, A. 2004. Molecular data suggest that melanistic ectotherms at the south-western tip of Africa are the products of Miocene climatic events: evidence from cordylid lizards. Journal of Zoology 263(4): 373–383. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005424 Reference page.
Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Branch, W.R. & Mouton, P. Le F.N. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1): 53–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024 Reference page.

Bates, M.F. & Mouton, P.L.F.N. 2018. IUCN: Cordylus oelofseni (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T110159854A115675216. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110159854A115675216.en. Accessed on 12 April 2022.

English: Oelofsen’s Girdled Lizard