Oplurus cyclurus

Oplurus cyclurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Opluridae
Genus: Oplurus
Species: Oplurus cyclurus

Name

Oplurus cyclurus (Merrem, 1820)

• Type material: Unknwon.
• Type locality: “Brasilia“ (in error).

Combinations

• Uromastyx cyclurus Merrem, 1820: 56 [original combination]
• Tropidurus cyclurus — Gray, 1845: 225 [subsequent combination]
• Hoplurus cyclurus — Peters, 1882: 32 [subsequent combination]
• Oplurus cyclurus — Savage, 1952 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Oplurus Maximiliani Duméril & Bibron, 1837
• Doryphorus Maximiliani — Fitzinger, 1843: 77
• Hoplurus Barnardi Peters, 1854 (part.)

References

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 pp.
• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel, Wien: 106 pp.
• Peters, W. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät es Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgefeführt von Wilhelm C. Peters. Zoologie III. Amphibien. Berlin (Reimer), 191 pp.
• Boulenger, G. A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp.
• Savage, J. M. 1952. The correct generic names for the iguanid lizards of Madagascar and the Fidji islands. Copeia, 1952 (3): 182.

Additional references

• Glaw, F. and M. Vences, 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln ISBN 3-929449-01-3

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Oplurus cyclurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 June 2023.
• Vences, M. 2011. IUCN: Oplurus cyclurus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172831A6926304. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172831A6926304.en. Accessed on 04 June 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Madagaskar-Stachelschwanzleguan
English: Merrem's Madagascar Swift
polski: Madagaskarek obrożny