Hemicordylus capensis

Hemicordylus capensis

Taxonavigation

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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: Hemicordylus
Species: Hemicordylus capensis

Name

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  • Hemicordylus capensis (Smith, 1838)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.89, ♂.

Type locality: “South Africa”, later specified to “Hottentot Holland Mountain [=Hottentots Holland Mountains], near Cape Town”, Western Cape Province, South Africa, by Smith (1843).

Combinations

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  • Cordylus (Hemicordylus) capensis Smith, 1838: 32 [original combination]
  • Zonurus capensisDuméril & Bibron, 1839: 360 [name combination]
  • [Cordylus capensis] — FitzSimons, 1943: 436 [name combination, by implication]
  • Pseudocordylus capensisLoveridge, 1944: 70 [name combination]
  • Hemicordylus capensisStanley et al., 2011: 66 [name combination]

Synonyms

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  • Zonurus robertsi Van Dam 1921: 241; plate IV [synonymized by Herselman, Mouton & Van Wyk (1992: 116)]

Holotype: TM 3747, adult indet.

Type locality: “Klaver, Van Rhynsdorp District, C.P. [=Cape Province, now Western Cape Province]”, South Africa.

Paratype (1): TM 3748, subadult indet., same locality as holotype.

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Graceful Crag Lizard
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