Smaug barbertonesis

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

Holotype: TM 4273, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Barberton, Transvaal”, South Africa.

Zonurus barbertonesis Van Dam, 1921: 240 [original combination]
Cordylus warreni barbertonensis — FitzSimons, 1943: 426 [name combination, reduce to subspecies]
Smaug warreni barbertonensis — Stanley et al., 2011: 64 [name combination]
Smaug barbertonensis — Stanley & Bates, 2014: 14 [name combination, restaured to species]

Van Dam, G.P.F. 1921. Descriptions of new species of Zonurus, and notes on the species of Zonurus occurring in the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(4): 239–243. BHL Reference page.
FitzSimons, V. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoirs 1: 1–528. Reference page.
Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Branch, W.R. & Mouton, P. Le F.N. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1): 53–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024 Reference page.
Stanley, E.L. & Bates, M.F. 2014. Here be dragons: a phylogenetic and biogeographical study of the Smaug warreni species complex (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4): 892–909. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12187 Reference page.

English: Barberton Girdled Lizard