Ninurta coeruleopunctatus

Ninurta coeruleopunctatus

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: Ninurta
Species: Ninurta coeruleopunctatus

Name

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Holotype: TM 1920.

Type locality: “Buffels Nek, between Knysna and Avontuur, about 10 miles from Knysna”, South Africa.

Combinations

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  • Zonurus coeruleopunctatus Hewitt & Methuen, 1913: 110 [original combination]
  • Cordylus coeruleo-punctatus - FitzSimons, 1943: 434 [name combination]
  • Ninurta coeruleopunctatusStanley et al. 2011: 64 [name combination]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Bloukolgordelakkedis
English: Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard