Mochlus guineensis

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 guineensis

Name

• Mochlus guineensis (Peters, 1879)

Syntypes: ZMB 8582, 8582A.

Type locality: “Accra [Ghana] (Westafrica).”

Combinations

• Euprepes (Tiliqua) guineensis Peters, 1879: 773 [original combination]
• Riopa guineense — Smith, 1937: 228 [name combination]
• Mochlus guineensis — Mittleman, 1952: 25 [name combination]
• Mochlus sundevalli guineensis — Hoogmoed, 1980 [name combination]
• Lygosoma guineense — Greer et al., 1985 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Euprepes chaperi Vaillant, 1884: 169 [synonymised by Ineich & Trape (2017: 587)]

Syntypes: MNHN-RA 6456, MNHN-RA 2007.2444 (formerly MNHN-RA 6456A), MNHN-RA 2007.2445 (formerly MNHN-RA 6456B), and MNHN-RA 2007.2446 (formerly MNHN 6456C).

Type locality: “à Élima dans les plantations”, specified to Élima, a village in the Republic of Ivory Coast (5°14ʹ15ʺN, 3°12ʹ14ʺW) located in the South-Comoé region, on the east coast of the Aby lagoon in front of Adiaké and not far from the village of Assinie, by Ineich & Trape (2017:586).

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1879. Neue oder Weniger bekannte Eidechsenarten aus der Familie der Scinciden (Eumeces güntheri, Euprepes notabilis, Ablepharus rutilus). Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1879(3): 35–37.
• Vaillant, L. 1884. Note sur une collection de Reptiles rapportée d'Assinie par M. Chaper. Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris (7)8: 168–171.
• Ineich, I. & Trape, J-F. 2017. Euprepes chaperi Vaillant, 1884, a junior subjective synonym of Mochlus guineensis (W. Peters, 1879) (Scincidae, Lygosominae). Zootaxa 4232(4): 585–587. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.9. Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Mochlus guineensis  (Least Concern)
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Mochlus guineensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2017.