Smaug breyeri
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Scincoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Smaug
Species: Smaug breyeri
Name
[edit]- Smaug breyeri (Van Dam, 1921)
Holotype: TM 3769, adult ♀.
Type locality: “Geelhoutkop (Driefontein), Waterberg Dist., Transvaal”, South Africa.
Combinations
[edit]- Zonurus breyeri Van Dam, 1921: 239 [original combination]
- Cordylus warreni breyeri — FitzSimons, 1943: 428 [name combination, reduce to subspecies]
- Cordylus breyeri — Branch, 1998 [name combination, restaured to species]
- Smaug breyeri — Stanley et al., 2011: 64 [name combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Van Dam, G.P.F. 1921. Descriptions of new species of Zonurus, and notes on the species of Zonurus occurring in the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7(4): 239–243. BHL Reference page.
- FitzSimons, V. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoirs 1: 1–528. Reference page.
- Branch, W.R. 1998. Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Fully Revised and Updated to Include 83 New Species. Ralph Curtis Books: Sanibel Island, Florida. 399 pp. Reference page.
- 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.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Smaug breyeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 September 2017.