Cordylus meculae

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: Cordylus
Species: Cordylus meculae

Name

Cordylus meculae Branch, Rödel & Marais, 2005: 132

• Holotype: PEM R16166, adult ♀, collected by W.R. Branch, M.-O. Rödel and J. Marais on 27 October 2003.
• Type locality: “from the summit rock outcrops of Serra Mecula, Niassa Game Reserve, Niassa Province, northern Mozambique (12°03'11" S, 37°38'49" E; 1029 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Branch, W.R., Rödel, M.-O. & Marais, J. 2005. A new species of rupicolous Cordylus Laurenti 1768 (Sauria: Cordylidae) from Northern Mozambique. African Journal of Herpetology 54(2): 131–138. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2005.9635526

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cordylus meculae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 April 2022.
• Tolley, K.A., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L., Alexander, G.J., Conradie, W., Raimundo, A. & Sardinha, C.I.V. 2019. IUCN: Cordylus meculae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T177561A120594696. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177561A120594696.en. Accessed on 12 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mecula Girdled Lizard