Zonosaurus rufipes

Zonosaurus rufipes

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: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamilia: Zonosaurinae
Genus: Zonosaurus
Species: Zonosaurus rufipes

Name

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Lectotype: SMF 40743, ♀, collected by A. Stumpff. [designated by Mertens (1967)]

Type locality: “insula Nossi-Bé”, Madagascar.

Paralectotypes: SMF 40744-40748; NMW 23350.1 and 23350.2; ZMB 10097 and 49640. [designated by Mertens (1967)]

Combinations

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  • Gerrhosaurus rufipes Boettger, 1881: 358 [original combination]
  • Gerrhosaurus (Cicigna) rufipesBoettger, 1881: 450 [name combination, subgenus]
  • Zonosaurus rufipesBoulenger, 1887: 127 [subsequent combination]

References

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Primary references

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  • Boettger, O. 1881. Diagnoses reptilium et batrachiorum novorum ab ill. Antonio Stumpff in insula Nossi-Bé Madagascariensi lectorum. Zoologischer Anzeiger 4(87): 358–362. 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
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Vernacular names

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English: Red-legged Girdled Lizard