Smaug breyeri

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: Cordylinae
Genus: Smaug
Species: Smaug breyeri

Name

• Smaug breyeri (Van Dam, 1921)

Holotype: TM 3769, adult ♀.

Type locality: “Geelhoutkop (Driefontein), Waterberg Dist., Transvaal”, South Africa.

Combinations

• 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

Primary references

• 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

• 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Smaug breyeri. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 September 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Waterberg Girdled Lizard