Chamaesaura aenea

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: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Chamaesaura
Species: Chamaesaura aenea

Name

Chamaesaura aenea (Fitzinger, 1843)

Holotype: ZMB 1172, juvenile indet.

Type locality: “Afr.”; restricted to “Südafrika” (written on the label in the jar of the holotype) by Bauer, Lang & Günther (1994: 89).

Combinations

Cricochalcis aenea Fitzinger, 1843: 21 [original combination]
Chamaesaura aenea — Boulenger, 1885: 263 [name combination]
[Cordylus aeneus] — Frost et al., 2001: 8 [name combination, by implication]
Chamaesaura aenea — Stanley et al., 2011: 65 [name combination]

Synonyms

Chamaesaura miodactyla Günther, 1880: 235

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.29.48.

Type locality: “Peri-Bush”, Cape Province, South Africa.

References

Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1880. Description of new species of reptiles from eastern Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 6(33): 234–238. DOI: 10.1080/00222938009458928 BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page.
Bauer, A.M., Lang, M. & Günther, R. 1994. An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Pygopods, Xantusiids, Gerrhosaurs and Cordylids (Reptilia: Squamata: Pygopodidae, Xantusiidae, Gerrhosauridae and Cordylidae) in the Collection of the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 70(1): 85–92. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.19940700103 Reference page.
Frost, D.R., Janies, D., Mouton, P. Le F.N. & Titus, T.A. 2001. A molecular perspective on the phylogeny of the girdled lizards (Cordylidae, Squamata). American Museum Novitates 3310: 1–10. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)310<0001:AMPOTP>2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/2927 Reference page.
Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Branch, W.R. & Mouton, P. Le F.N. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1): 53–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024 Reference page.

Additional references

Branch, W.R. & Haagner, G.V. 1992. Geographical Distribution. Sauria: Cordylidae: Chamaesaura aenea (Fitzinger, 1843). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 36.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Chamaesaura aenea. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 April 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Transvaal Snake Lizard