Zonosaurus rufipes

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

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)]

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

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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Zonosaurus rufipes. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2018.
Raselimanana, A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2011. IUCN: Zonosaurus rufipes (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172787A6917986. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172787A6917986.en

English: Red-legged Girdled Lizard