Ichnotropis capensis
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota Subordo: Lacertoidea |
Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Ichnotropis
Species: Ichnotropis capensis
Name
[edit]- Ichnotropis capensis (Smith, 1838) [conserved name]
Holotype: lost fide FitzSimons (1943: 354).
Type locality: “sandy deserts around Latakoo [=Kuruman]”, South Africa.
Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (Opinion 1422).
Combinations
[edit]- Algyra capensis Smith, 1838: 94 [original combination]
- Tropidosaura capensis — Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 171 [name combination]
- Thermophilus capensis — Fitzinger, 1843: 21 [name combination]
- Ichnotropis capensis — Boulenger, 1887: 78 [name combination]
Synonyms
[edit]- Tropidosaura dumerelii [sic] Smith, 1849: app 7
Type locality: “sandy deserts of the north-east Latakoo [=Kuruman], toward the Tropic of Capricorn”, South Africa.
- Ichnotropis macrolepidot[a] Peters, 1854: 617
Syntype (1): ZMB 6123, with 2 specimens.
Type locality: “Lourenzo Marques [=Maputo]”, Mozambqiue.
- Ichnotropis longipes Boulenger, 1902: 17
Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.8.4.21-23, ♂.
Type locality: “Mazoë and between Umtali and Marandellas”, Zimbabwe.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Smith, A. 1838. Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Magazine of Natural History 2: 92–94. BHL Reference page.
- Smith, A. 1838–1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected During an Expedition Into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; Fitted Out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa.” Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Reptilia. Vol. 2. Smith, Elder and Co.: London. [100] + 28 pp., pls. 1–78. BHL Reference page.
- Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Peters, W. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 614–628. BHL Reference page.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Second edition. Volume 3. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Printed by Order of the Trustees: London. XII + 575 pp., pls I–XL. BHL Reference page.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1902. A List of the Fishes, Batrachians, and Reptiles collected by Mr. J. ffolliott Darling in Mashonaland, with Descriptions of new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 72(3): 13–18. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1902.tb08216.x BHL Reference page.
- Branch, W.R. & Broadley, D.G. 1985. Ichnotropis Peters 1854 (Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation by the suppression of Thermophilus Fitzinger 1843. Z.N. (S.) 2377. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(1): 89–90. BHL Reference page.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1987. Opinion 1422. Ichnotropis Peters, 1854 (Reptilia, Sauria): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(1): 52. BHL Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ichnotropis capensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 September 2017.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Cape/Smith's rough-scaled lizard