Broadleysaurus major

Broadleysaurus major

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: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamilia: Gerrhosaurinae
Genus: Broadleysaurus
Species: Broadleysaurus major
Subspecies (4): B. m. bottegoi – B. m. grandis – B. m. major – B. m. zechi

Name

• Broadleysaurus major (Duméril, 1851)

Syntypes (2): MNHN-RA-0.2809 and MNHN-RA-0.6539, collected by M. Louis Rousseau.

Type locality: “Ile Zanzibar (Côte de Zanguebar, Afr. occidentale)”.

Combinations

• Gerrhosaurus major Duméril, 1851: 139 [original combination]
• Broadleysaurus major Bates & Tolley in Bates et al., 2013: 475 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret: Paris. iv + 224 pp. Reference page. 
• Bates, M.F., Tolley, K.A., Edwards, S., Davids, Z., Silva, J.M. & Branch, W.R. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 3750(5): 465–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Broadleysaurus major. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2018.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Grofskubpantserakkedis
English: Broadley’s Rough-scaled Plated Lizard
magyar: Szudáni páncélosgyík
中文: 盾甲蜥

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