Gastropholis echinata

Gastropholis echinata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Gastropholis
Species: Gastropholis echinata

Name

• Gastropholis echinata (Cope, 1862)

Holotype: USNM 5995.

Type locality: “West Africa”.

Combinations

• Lacerta (Zootoca) echinata Cope, 1862: 189 [original combination]
• Centromastix echinatus — Laurent, 1956: 237 [subsequent combination]
• Gastropholis echinata — Arnold, 1989: 543 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. On Lacerta echinata and Tiliqua dura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 189–191. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Gastropholis echinata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 September 2018.

Vernacular names

• English: Spiny-tailed Lizard