Cordylosaurus Gray, 1865

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 229-230

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13159758

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scientific name

Cordylosaurus Gray, 1865
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Genus Cordylosaurus Gray, 1865 View in CoL “1866”

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus ( Smith 1844) DWARF PLATED LIZARD View in CoL

Gerrhosaurus subtessellatus Smith 1844 View in CoL : pl. 41, fig. 2 and first of two accompanying unnumbered text pages, pl. 42, figs. 17–20. Holotype: BMNH 1946.8 .19.41 (collector A. Smith). Type locality: “Great Namaqualand” [= southern Namibia].

Cordylosaurus trivittatus View in CoL : Boulenger (1887:126), Bocage (1867b:222, 1895a:37).

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus View in CoL : Ceríaco et al. (2016a:39, 59).

Global conservation status (IUCN):

Least Concern.

Global distribution: The species is known from southwestern Angola through western Namibia and into the western parts of

South Africa.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 186): The species occurs in the southwestern regions near the coast, but probably also inland (see Notes below). Benguela: “Catumbella” [-12.43333,

13.55000] ( Bocage 1895a:37); “ Benguela ”

[-12.58333, 13.41667] ( Boulenger 1887:126;

Bocage 1895a:37); “Dombe” [-12.95000,

13.10000] ( Bocage 1867b:222, 1895a:37).

Huíla: “ Rio Cuce ” [-13.51667, 15.20000] ( Ferreira 1897b:242) GoogleMaps . Namibe: “ Rio Coroca”

[-15.78333, 12.06667] ( Bocage 1895a:37;

Ceríaco et al. 2016a:59); “Iona National Park, MAP 186. Distribution of Cordylosaurus subtessellatus in Angola.

20 km SSW of Espinheira ” [-16.93169,

12.24500] ( Bocage 1895a:37; Ceríaco et al. 2016a:39).

Taxonomic and distributional notes: FitzSimons (1937) recognized a single BMNH specimen (number not given) corresponding to Smith’s description, but the description, although giving details for only a single animal, does note that two specimens were collected by Smith. Ferreira’s (1897b) record of Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863 from “ Rio Cuce,” Huíla may actually refer to this unrelated, although superficially similar species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Gerrhosauridae

Loc

Cordylosaurus Gray, 1865

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M. 2018
2018
Loc

Cordylosaurus trivittatus

BOCAGE, J. V. B. 1895: 37
BOULENGER, G. A. 1887: 126
BOCAGE, J. V. B. 1867: 222
1887
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