Zonosaurus subunicolor

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 subunicolor

Name

• Zonosaurus subunicolor (Boettger, 1881)

Lectotype: SMF 41051, juvenile, collected by A. Stumpff. [designated by Mertens (1967)]

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

Paralectotype: SMF 41052, juvenile, same data as lectotype. designated by Mertens (1967)]

Combinations

• Gerrhosaurus rufipes var. subunicolor — Boettger, 1881: 358 [original combination]
• Zonosaurus rufipes var. subunicolor — Angel, 1942: 95 [subsequent combination]
• Zonosaurus subunicolor — Welch, 1982: 110 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• 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

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Zonosaurus subunicolor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2018.
• Raxworthy, C.J. & Rakotondravony, H. 2011. IUCN: Zonosaurus subunicolor  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172772A6914889. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172772A6914889.en

Vernacular names

English: Red-legged Girdled Lizard