Mochlus lanceolatus

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: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Lygosominae
Genus: Mochlus
Species: Mochlus lanceolatus

Name

Mochlus lanceolatus (Broadley, 1990)

• Holotype: NMZB 10031.
• Type locality: “Benguerua Island, Mozambique”.

Combinations

• Lygosoma lanceolatum Broadley, 1990: 477 [original combination]
• Mochlus lanceolatus — Freitas et al., 2019: 1087 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of South Moçambique. Arnoldia 9(35): 469–493. Reference page. 
• Freitas, E.S., Datta-Roy, A., Karanth, P., Grismer, L.L. & Siler, C.D. 2019. Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for African, Asian and Indian supple and writhing skinks (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186(4): 1067–1096. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz001 Reference page. 

Links

• Conradie, W., Verburgt, L., Tolley, K.A., Alexander, G.J., Farooq, H., Raimundo, A. & Sardinha, C.I.V. 2019. IUCN: Mochlus lanceolatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T14668253A14668316. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T14668253A14668316.en. Accessed on 02 March 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Broadley's Writhing Skink