Ninurta coeruleopunctatus

Ninurta coeruleopunctatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Ninurta
Species: Ninurta coeruleopunctatus

Name

• Ninurta coeruleopunctatus (Hewitt & Methuen, 1913)

Holotype: TM 1920.

Type locality: “Buffels Nek, between Knysna and Avontuur, about 10 miles from Knysna”, South Africa.

Combinations

• Zonurus coeruleopunctatus Hewitt & Methuen, 1913: 110 [original combination]
• Cordylus coeruleo-punctatus - FitzSimons, 1943: 434 [name combination]
• Ninurta coeruleopunctatus — Stanley et al. 2011: 64 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Hewitt, J. & Methuen, P.A. 1913. Descriptions of some new Batrachia and Lacertilia from South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 3(1): 107–111. DOI: 10.1080/00359191309519682 BHL Reference page. 
• FitzSimons, V. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoirs 1: 1–528. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Ninurta coeruleopunctatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 September 2017.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Bloukolgordelakkedis
English: Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard