Distribution: south-west Angola, Namibia, western Rep. South Africa. [Lang 1991: map]
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844)
1844 Gerrhosaurus subtessellatus Smith
1845 Pleurostrichus subtessellatus – Gray
1862 Gerrhosaurus trivittatus Peters
1865 Cordylosaurus trivirgatus Gray
1932 Cordylosaurus trivittatus australis Hewitt
1942 Cordylosaurus subtessellatus – Loveridge
Smith, A. (1838–1849) [= 1844]: Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. Consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836. Fitted out by ‘The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa’. — London: Smith, Elder and Co. (see below = plate 41, fig. 2. [as Gerrhosaurus subtessellatus; type locality: “Great Namaqualand”; type in NHM])
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Auerbach 1987:
morph, behav, distr
• Bauer, Lamb &
Branch 1999: size
• Bauer, Lang &
Günther 1994: sys,
syntypes in ZMB • Boulenger
1887[a]: morph (types
of Gerrhosaurus
subtessellatus Smith and of Cordylosaurus trivirgatus
Gray in NHM) •
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Branch & Bauer
1995: behav
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph, distr
• Cooper, Whiting &
van Wyk 1997: foraging
modes • Elzen 1980[a]:
morph, behav •
Fitzsimons
1937: types in
NHM • Fitzsimons 1938:
morph, colour, size
• Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Friederich 1978:
head shields •
Gray
1845: morph
• Gray 1865:
description of
Cordylosaurus
trivirgatus (type locality: ”South Africa,
Damaraland“, type in NHM) • Griffin 2003:
conservation status,
distr • Harvey &
Gutberlet 1995:
microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces
• Hewitt 1932:
description of
Cordylosaurus
trivittatus australis (type locality: “between Garies and
Kamiesberg in the Namaqualand district of Cape Province”,
type in Albany Museum, Grahamstown) •
Loehr
2004: bimodal activity
pattern • Loehr
2006: first report of captive
husbandry •
Loehr
2008: captive
reproduction and longevity (> 3 years) •
Loveridge
1942[a]: revision (=
all data) • Mertens 1955[b]:
sys, morph, behav,
distr • Methuen & Hewitt
1914: morph
• O’Connor, Stuart-Fox
& Whiting 2006: distr • Parker 1936:
morph •
Peters
1862[a]: description
of Gerrhosaurus
trivittatus (type locality: „Neu-Barmen“, syntypes in
ZMB) • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Visser 1984[b]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Werner
1910: morph, size,
distr •
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