Cordylus namakuiyus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata 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 namakuiyus

Name

• Cordylus namakuiyus Stanley, Ceríaco, Bandeira, Valerio, Bates & Branch, 2016: 212

Holotype: CAS 254912, adult ♀, collected by E.L. Stanley, S. de Sá, S. Bandeira, H. Valerio, A.L. Kuhn, J.V. Vindum and L. Ceríaco on 6 December 2013.

Type locality: “from a large rock outcrop near Caraculo, on the road from Lubango and Namibe, Namibe province, Angola [15°0'59.40"S, 12°38'31.30"E; 503 m elevation]”.

References

Primary references

• Stanley, E.L., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bandeira, S., Valerio, H., Bates, M.F. & Branch, W.R. 2016. A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert. Zootaxa 4061(3): 201–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.3.1. Full article (PDF).  Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Cordylus namakuiyus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 June 2019.