Distribution: Rep.
South Africa (coastal zone), Zimbabwe, east Mozambique,
north-east Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, south Kenya, south
Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, east and south Zaire, Angola.
[Lang 1991:
map]
Chamaesaura
aenea (Fitzinger,
1843)
1843
Cricochalcis aenea Fitzinger
1880 Chamaesaura miodactyla Günther
1885 Chamaesaura aenea – Boulenger
2001 Cordylus aenea – Frost, Janies, Mouton &
Titus
Fitzinger, L.
(1843): Systema
Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. — Vindobonae:
Braumüller et Seidel, 1–106. [as Cricochalcis
aenea; type
locality: “Afr.”; type in ZMB]
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enlarge
Bates 1994:
morph •
Bates
1995: morph,
reproduction • Bates 1996:
morph, distr •
Bauer, Lang
& Günther 1994: sys, holotype in ZMB •
Boulenger
1885: morph
• Bourquin & Channing
1980: distr, habitat
• Branch 1981:
distr, behav • Branch
1998: morph, breeding, biology, habitat, distr, map
• Branch & Haagner
1992[b]: reproduction • Broadley 1971[b]:
morph, distr • Duerden & Essex
1922: degeneration of
limbs • Essex 1927:
degeneration of limbs
• Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr • Günther 1880:
description of
Chamaesaura
miodactyla (type locality: “Peri-Bush”, type in
NHM) • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Hewitt
1937[b]: morph,
distr • Hughes 1988:
age: >1 year
• Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Patterson &
Bannister 1988: morph,
behav • Visser 1984[g]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Chamaesaura
anguina anguina (Linnaeus,
1758)
1758 Lacerta anguina Linnaeus
1768 Chalcides pinnata Laurenti
1795 Chalcides anguina – Meyer
1801 Chamaesaura anguinea – Schneider
1802 Seps monodactylus Daudin
1811 Chalcides monodactylus – Oppel
1820 Monodactylus anguineus – Merrem
1890 Chamaesaura didactyla Boulenger
1944 Chamaesaura anguina anguina – Loveridge
2001 Cordylus anguinus anguinus – Frost, Janies,
Mouton & Titus
Linnaeus, C.
(1758): Systema
Naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines,
genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis,
synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, reformata. —
Holmiae: Laurenti Salvii [10. Edition], 824 pp. [see
below] [as
Lacerta
anguina; type
locality: “Caput Bonae Spei”; type in (?) Stockholm
Museum]
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Berger 1978: birth
• Boulenger 1885:
morph •
Boulenger
1890: morph,
description of Chamaesaura
didactyla,
(type locality: “South Africa”, type in NHM) •
Boycott
1990: size,
reproduction, susceptibility to fire •
Branch
1981: distr,
behav • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Branch & Bauer
1995: behav
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Brygoo 1985[a]:
sys: type of
Seps
monodactylus • Daudin 1802:
description as
Seps
monodactylus (nomen substitutum pro
Lacerta
anguina Linnaeus)
• Duerden & Essex
1922: degeneration of
limbs • Essex 1927:
degeneration of limbs
• Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Gray 1845:
morph •
Harvey
& Gutberlet 1995: microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of
scale surfaces • Hedges 1983:
behav •
Hewitt
1937[b]: morph, distr,
behav • Laurenti 1768:
description of
Chalcides
pinnata, type
locality: “Capitis Bonae Spei” • Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Niekisch 1981:
ter •
Plessis
1945: cranial anatomy
and ontogeny • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Rose 1962:
morph, behav •
Roux
1907: morph
• Schneider 1801:
morph •
Shaw
1802: morph
• Spawls, Howell, Drewes
& Ashe 2001: morph, distr, map, habitat, biology
• du Toit, Mouton &
Flemming 2003: reproduction and high fecundity
• du Toit, Mouton,
Geertsema & Flemming 2002: foraging mode • Villiers & Villiers
2004: fire, population
size, density • Visser 1984[g]:
morph, behav, distr
• Vosmaer 1774:
“Natuurlyke Historie van de
Langstaartige, Ruw-Geschubde Slang-Hagedis”
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
van Wyk
& Mouton 1992: epidermal glandular structure
•
Chamaesaura
anguina oligopholis Laurent,
1964
1964
Chamaesaura anguina oligopholis Laurent
2001 Cordylus anguinus oligopholis – Frost,
Janies, Mouton & Titus
Laurent, R.
(1964): Reptiles et
Amphibiens de l’Angola (Troisième contribution). —
Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços
Culturais, Museu do Dundo (Angola), No. 67, 165 pp. [type
locality: “Calonda, Lunda”; type in Museu do Dundo]
Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Chamaesaura
anguina tenuior Günther,
1895
1895
Chamaesaura tenuior Günther
1899 Chamaesaura annectens Boulenger
1944 Chamaesaura anguina tenuior – Loveridge
2001 Cordylus anguinus tenuior – Frost, Janies,
Mouton & Titus
Günther, A.
(1895): Notice of
Reptiles and Batrachians collected in the Eastern Half of
Tropical Africa. — The Annals and Magazine of Natural
History (London), Ser. 6 (15): 523–529. [as
Chamaesaura
tenuior; type
locality: “Kampala, Uganda”; type in NHM]
Boulenger
1899: description
of Chamaesaura
annectens (type locality: “Ravine Station, Mau
Mountains (7.500 ft.), on the main route from Mombasa to
Lake Victoria, British East Africa”) •
Lötters et
al. 2007: description,
habitat and life history • Loveridge 1929:
morph, size •
Loveridge
1944: revision (= all
data) • Sternfeld 1912:
morph, behav •
Tornier
1902: “Ein Weibchen,
das mit einem Embryo trächtig war.” •
Wermuth
1968: sys, distr
• Witte 1941:
morph •
Chamaesaura
macrolepis (Cope,
1862)
1862
Mancus macrolepis Cope
1988 Chamaesaura macrolepis macrolepis – Branch
2000 Chamaesaura macrolepis – Haagner, Branch
& Haagner
2001 Cordylus macrolepis – Frost, Janies, Mouton
& Titus
Cope, E. (1862):
Notes upon some Reptiles of
the Old World. — Proceedings of the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia, 7, (1862): 337–344. [as
Mancus
macrolepis; type
locality: “Natal”; type in Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia]
Boulenger
1885: morph
• Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1962[a]: morph,
coloration, size • Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Broadley
1971[c]: distr,
habitat • Duerden & Essex
1922: degeneration of
limbs • Essex 1927:
degeneration of limbs
• Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr • Haagner, Branch &
Haagner 2000: sys
• Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Hellmich
1957[a]: distr,
morph • Hughes 1988:
age: >1 year
• Jacobsen 1995:
distr •
Loveridge
1944: revision (= all
data) • Pietersen &
Pietersen 2002: distr
• Schmidt 1919:
morph, size •
Spawls,
Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2001: morph, distr, map, habitat, biology
• Visser 1984[g]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Chamaesaura
miopropus Boulenger,
1894
1894
Chamaesaura miopropus Boulenger
1988 Chamaesaura macrolepis miopropus – Branch
2000 Chamaesaura miopropus – Haagner, Branch &
Haagner
2001 Cordylus miopropus – Frost, Janies, Mouton
& Titus
Boulenger, G.
(1894): Second Report
on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the
Natural-History Museum. — Proceedings of the Zoological
Society of London (London), 1894 (4): 722–736. [as
Chamaesaura
miopropus; type
locality: “Fwambo, British Central Africa”; type in NHM]
Branch
2005: morph, distr,
photo • Broadley &
Cotterill 2004: distr
(as Chamaesaura
miopropus)
• Haagner, Branch &
Haagner 2000: size,
diet, reproduction, sys • Loveridge 1933:
morph, size, diet,
habitat • Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Spawls, Howell, Drewes
& Ashe 2001: distr
• Stewart & Wilson
1966: distr, habitat,
reproduction, morph, parasites, diet •
Wermuth
1968: sys, distr
•
© Klaus Adolphs – created: 26 February 2001 – last changed or updated: 4 October 2009