Gastropholis echinata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

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 Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
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. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Gastropholis echinata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 September 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Spiny-tailed Lizard