Oedura pondolia Hewitt, 1925

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), Zootaxa 4576 (1), pp. 1-45 : 12

Oedura pondolia Hewitt, 1925

Records of the Albany Museum, 3:346; Plate XVI, Fig. 2 .

Current name: Afroedura pondolia (Hewitt, 1926)

Syntypes (3): PEM R16069–71 (formerly AMG 4897 ) ; Mbotyi River mouth, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; Mr. W. Roberts, ‘ 22 August 1924 ’.

Remarks. The type description refers only to ‘three examples’ as being the types. Two adult males (PEM R16069 and 16070) are illustrated. All specimens are in good condition. No collecting date is provided in the description, but the label reads ‘ 22 August 1924 ’.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Family Cordylidae: A—Holotype of Cordylus meculae (PEM R16166), B—Syntype of Zonurus cordylus rhodesianus (PEM R5294), C—Syntype of Zonurus cordylus tasmani (PEM R13583). All scale bars are 1 cm.