Zonosaurus aeneus

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: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamilia: Zonosaurinae
Genus: Zonosaurus
Species: Zonosaurus aeneus

Name

• Zonosaurus aeneus (Grandidier, 1872)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.7634.

Type locality: not report, restricted to “Malaimbandy, pays des Sakalaves”, Madagascar, by Mocquard (1895).

Combinations

• Gerrhosaurus aeneus Grandidier, 1872: 8 [original combination]
• Zonosaurus aeneus — Boulenger, 1887: 127 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Grandidier, A. 1872. Descriptions de quelques Reptiles nouveaux découverts á Madagascar en 1870. Annales des sciences naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie 15(5): 6–11. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Second edition. Volume 3. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Printed by Order of the Trustees: London. XII + 575 pp., pls I–XL. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Zonosaurus aeneus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2018.
• Raselimanana, A. & Vences, M. 2011. IUCN: Zonosaurus aeneus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172932A6943796. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172932A6943796.en

Vernacular names

English: Bronze Girdled Lizard