Cordylus momboloensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cordyliformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha Cladus: Cordyliformes

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Cordylus
Species: Cordylus momboloensis

Name

Cordylus momboloensis Bates, Lóbon-Rovira, Stanley, Branch & Pinto, 2023: 629

• Holotype: PEM R25217, adult ♂, collected by William R. Branch, Ninda Baptista and Pedro Vaz Pinto on 6 November 2016.
• Type locality: “Sandula (Mombolo), Cuanza Sul Province, Angola (–12.1789°, 15.0292°; 1975 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Bates, M.F., Lóbon-Rovira, J., Stanley, E.L., Branch, W.R.† & Pinto, P.V. 2023. A new species of green-eyed Cordylus Laurenti, 1768 from the west-central highlands of Angola, and the rediscovery of Cordylus angolensis (Bocage, 1895)(Squamata: Cordylidae). Vertebrate Zoology 73: 599–646. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e95639 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Mombolo Girdled Lizard