Platysaurus pungweensis blakei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia 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: Platysaurinae
Genus: Platysaurus
Species: Platysaurus pungweensis
Subspecies: Platysaurus pungweensis blakei

Name

• Platysaurus pungweensis blakei Broadley, 1964: 1

Holotype: NMZB-UM.

Type locality: “15 miles south-east of Vila de Manica, Mozambique”.

Combinations

• Platysaurus intermedius blakei Broadley, 1959: 1 [original combination]
• Platysaurus guttatus blakei — Wermuth, 1968 [subsequent combination]
• Platysaurus pungweensis blakei — Broadley, 1978 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1964. A new Platysaurus from Central Mozambique. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 1(5): 1–2. Reference page. 
• Broadley, D.G. 1978. A revision of the genus Platysaurus A. Smith. Occasional papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia. Series B, Natural sciences 6(4): 129–185. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Platysaurus pungweensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 october 2018.