Smaug
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Scincoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Smaug
Species (9): S. barbertonesis – S. breyeri – S. depressus – S. giganteus – S. mossambicus – S. regius – S. swazicus – S. vandami – S. warreni
Name
[edit]Smaug Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton, 2011: 64
- Type species: Cordylus giganteus Smith, 1838, by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Branch, W.R. & Mouton, P. Le F.N. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1): 53–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024 Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Stanley, E.L. & Bates, M.F. 2014. Here be dragons: a phylogenetic and biogeographical study of the Smaug warreni species complex (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4): 892–909. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12187 Reference page.
- Bates, M.F. & Stanley, E.L. 2020. A taxonomic revision of the south-eastern dragon lizards of the Smaug warreni (Boulenger) species complex in southern Africa, with the description of a new species (Squamata: Cordylidae). PeerJ 8: e8526. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8526 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Smaug . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 July 2023.