Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae)
Author
Edwards, Shelley
Author
Branch, William R.
Author
Vanhooydonck, Bieke
Author
Herrel, Anthony
Author
Measey, G. John
Author
Tolley, Krystal A.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3669
2
101
114
journal article
43473
10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.1
1af249de-576e-4b12-abde-9e380cbf0bd3
1175-5326
221968
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Ichnotropis
Peters 1854
.
Type
species.
Ichnotropis macrolepidota
(Peters 1854)
; =
I. capensis
(Smith 1838)
Content.
Uetz (2012) recognizes six species (excluding
squamulosus
):
Ichnotropis bivittata
Bocage 1866
,
Ichnotropis capensis
(A. Smith 1838)
,
Ichnotropis chapini
Schmidt 1919
,
Ichnotropis grandiceps
Broadley 1967
,
Ichnotropis microlepidota
Marx 1956
,
Ichnotropis tanganicana
Boulenger 1917
.
Characterization and diagnosis.
The monophyly of the genus
Ichnotropis
remains to be established with complete taxon sampling of the referred species. The removal of
M. squamulosus
from
Ichnotropis
does not significantly alter the diagnosis for the genus given in FitzSimons (1943), as morphological variation within the remaining species still incorporates that of
M. squamulosus
.
Remark.
No modern revision of the genus has been undertaken, and the status of a number of taxa remains equivocal, e.g.
Ichnotropis bivittata pallida
Laurent 1964
;
Ichnotropis capensis nigrescens
Laurent 1952
;
Ichnotropis microlepidota
Marx 1956
, and the generic assignment of many requires molecular confirmation.