Cordylus meculae Branch, Rodel & Marais 2005
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Description
Cordylus meculae Branch, Rödel & Marais, 2005
African Journal of Herpetology, 54(2):132; Figs. 1–2.
Holotype: PEM R16166; summit rock outcrops of Serra Mecula (12°03’11”S, 37°38’49”E; 1029 m a.s.l.), Niassa Game Reserve, Niassa Province, Mozambique; W.R. Branch, M.O. Rödel and J. Marais, 27 October 2003.
Paratypes (8): a) PEM R16163 (male allotype), R16164–5; same data as holotype. b) PEM R16180, 16184 [wrongly listed in as R 16182 in type description], Serra Mecula (12°02’25”S, 37°38’32”E; approx. 1200 m a.s.l.); 29 October 2003. c) PEM R16198; Serra Mecula (12°03’30”S, 37°38’22”E; approx. 1100 m a.s.l.); 31 October 2003. d) PEM R16202–3; western slopes of Serra Mecula (12°02’46”S, 37°37’21”E; 643 m a.s.l.); 1 November 2003. All collected by W.R. Branch, M.O. Rödel and J. Marais.
Remarks. All with ventral incisions except for the holotype and two paratypes (PEM R16180 & 16184).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- PEM
- Material sample ID
- 16184 , R16202-3
- Event date
- 2003-10-27 , 2003-10-29 , 2003-10-31 , 2003-11-01
- Verbatim event date
- 2003-10-27 , 2003-10-29 , 2003-10-31 , 2003-11-01
- Scientific name authorship
- Branch, Rodel & Marais
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Cordylidae
- Genus
- Cordylus
- Species
- meculae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cordylus meculae Branch, 2005 sec. Conradie, Branch & Watson, 2019
References
- Branch, W. R., Rodel, M-O & Marais, J. (2005) A new species of rupicolous Cordylus Laurenti 1768 (Sauria: Cordylidae) from Northern Mozambique. African Journal of Herpetology, 54 (2), 131 - 138. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 21564574.2005.9635526