Distribution: Rep. South Africa (excluding most of the Kalahari and south-east coastal zone). [Lang 1991: map]
Pseudocordylus capensis (Smith, 1838)
1838 Cordylus (Hemicordylus) capensis Smith
1839 Zonurus capensis – Duméril & Bibron
1921 Zonurus robertsi van Dam
1943 Cordylus capensis capensis – Fitzsimons
1943 Cordylus capensis robertsi – Fitzsimons
1944 Pseudocordylus robertsi – Loveridge
1992 Pseudocordylus capensis – Herselman, Mouton & van Wyk
2001 Cordylus capensis – Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus
2002 Cordylus capensis – Anonymus/CITES
Smith, A. (1838): Contributions to the South African Zoology. — Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), (2) 2: 31–34. [as Cordylus (Hemicordylus) capensis; type locality: “Cape of Good Hope”; type in NHM]
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Anonymus/CITES
(2002): distr • Boulenger
1885: morph
• Branch 1981:
distr, behav •
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Branch & Bauer
1995: behav
• Cooper, van Wyk,
Mouton, Al-Johany et al. 2000: antipredatory behavior •
Cooper,
Whiting & van Wyk 1997: foraging modes •
van
Dam
1921: description
of Zonurus
robertsi (type locality: “Klaver, van Rhynsdorp
Dist., Cape Province”, type in TM) •
Fitzsimons
1935[a]: morph, colour
• Fitzsimons 1937:
type in NHM •
Fitzsimons
1943: sys, morph,
colour, size, distr, behav • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Herselman,
Mouton & van Wyk 1992[a]: sys, distr, morph •
Hewitt
1937[a]: morph
• Hughes 1988:
age: >3 years
• Loveridge 1944:
revision (=all data)
• Mouton 1986[b]:
distr •
Mouton
& van Wyk 1989[a]: sys • Power 1930:
morph • Rensburg & Mouton
2009: foraging mode,
space use, territoriality • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Smith 1838-1849 [=
1843]: morph,
plate 27 (1843) fig.
2: Cordylus
(Hemicordylus) capensis = Pseudocordylus
capensis • Visser 1984[d]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
van Wyk
& Mouton 1998: reproduction and sexual dimorphism
• van Wyk & Mouton
1992: epidermal
glandular structure •
Pseudocordylus
langi Loveridge,
1944
1944 Pseudocordylus langi Loveridge
2001 Cordylus langi – Frost, Janies, Mouton &
Titus
2002 Cordylus langi – Anonymus/CITES
Loveridge,
A. (1944): Revision of
the African Lizards of the Family Cordylidae. — Bulletin of
the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, Mass.), 95
(1): 1–118. [type locality: “Mont-aux-Sources, Drakensberg,
Basutoland”; type in MCZ]
Anonymus/CITES
(2002): distr • Bourquin &
Channing 1980: distr,
habitat • Branch 1988:
summary of data, conservation
status “restricted”, map • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1964[b]: sys, morph,
coloration, size, habitat, breeding, diet, distr
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Visser 1984[e]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
van Wyk
& Mouton 1992: epidermal glandular structure •
Pseudocordylus
melanotus melanotus (Smith,
1838)
1838 Cordylus (Pseudocordylus)
melanotus Smith
1944 Pseudocordylus microlepidotus melanotus –
Loveridge
1978 Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus – de Waal
1984 Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus – Visser
2001 Cordylus melanotus melanotus – Frost, Janies,
Mouton & Titus
2002 Cordylus melanotus – Anonymus/CITES
2003 Cordylus melanotus melanotus – McConnachie
& Whiting
Smith, A.
(1838): Contributions
to the South African Zoology. — Annals and Magazine of
Natural History (London), (2) 2: 31–34. [as
Cordylus (Pseudocordylus)
melanotus; type
locality: “Cape of Good Hope”, later given as Hills near
Orange River east of “Phillopolis”, i.e. Phillipolis,
Orange Free State (fide Loveridge 1944); type:
lost]
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to enlarge
Anonymus/CITES (2002): distr • Bates &
Whittington-Jones 2009: distr • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Cooper, van Wyk,
Mouton, Al-Johany et al. 2000: antipredatory behavior •
Flemming
1992: reproductive
cycle • Flemming
1993[b]: reproductive
cycle • Flemming
1993[c]: reproductive
cycle • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Loveridge
1944: revision (= all
data) • McConnachie &
Alexander 2004: digestive rate, body temperature effects,
bomb calorimetry • McConnachie, Alexander
& Whiting 2007: thermal tolerance • McConnachie, Alexander
& Whiting 2009 (2010): operative temperature, selected
temperature, set-point range, sit-and-wait forager,
thermoregulation • McConnachie &
Whiting 2003: tail
loss, performance, antipredatory behaviour, tail energetic
content • Moon 2001:
copulation, aggression
• Mouton & van Wyk
1993[a]: sexual
dimorphism • Mouton & van Wyk
1993[b]: distr, diet,
reproduction, habitat • Patterson &
Bannister 1988: morph,
behav • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Smith 1838-1849 [=
1843]: morph.
= plate 25 (1843) fig. A
(male) + B (female): Cordylus microlepidotus
vars. = Pseudocordylus melanotus
melanotus, fide
Ulber 1999 • Visser 1984[e]:
morph, behav, distr
• de Waal 1978:
sys, distr, for the OFS with
map, morph, habitat, breeding, diet •
van der
Wardt, Kik, Klaver, Janse & Beynen 1999:
calcium balance
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Pseudocordylus
melanotus subviridis (Smith,
1838)
1838 Cordylus (Pseudocordylus)
sub-viridis Smith
1937 Pseudocordylus microlepidotus subviridis –
Fitzsimons
1943 Pseudocordylus subviridis subviridis –
Fitzsimons
1984 Pseudocordylus melanotus subviridis – Visser
2001 Cordylus melanotus subviridis – Frost,
Janies, Mouton & Titus
2002 Cordylus subviridis – Anonymus/CITES
Smith, A.
(1838): Contributions
to the South African Zoology. — Annals and Magazine of
Natural History (London), (2) 2: 31–34. [as
Cordylus (Pseudocordylus)
sub-viridis; type
locality: “Cape of Good Hope”, later given as Mountains
behind Kaffirland and Natal (fide Loveridge 1944); type:
lost]
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to enlarge
Anonymus/CITES
(2002): distr • Bourquin &
Channing 1980: distr,
habitat • Branch 1981:
distr, sys •
Branch
& Burger 1991: predation by Lamprophis guttatus
• Broadley
1964[b]: sys, morph,
coloration, size, habitat, breeding, diet, distr
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Fitzsimons 1937:
type not found in NHM nor in
Royal Scottish Museum • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Fitzsimons 1948:
sys, morph, distr
• Hewitt 1937[b]:
morph, distr, behav
• Hughes 1988:
age: >5 years
• Laforgia & Varano
1982: chromaffin cells
in the adrenal glands • Langerwerf 1996:
behav, breeding in ter
• Langerwerf 2005:
sys, distr, breeding in
Alabama, USA • Rose 1962:
morph, behav •
Smet
1981: description of
karyotypes • Smith 1838-1849 [=
1843]: morph. = plate
26 (1843) fig. A (male), B (female) + C (young):
Cordylus
microlepidotus vars. = Pseudocordylus melanotus
subviridis, fide
Ulber 1999 • Switak 1980:
behav, ter •
Visser
1984[e]: morph, behav,
distr • de Waal 1978:
sys, distr, for the OFS with
map, morph, habitat, breeding, diet •
Yeadon
1991[b]: size •
Pseudocordylus
microlepidotus microlepidotus (Cuvier,
1829)
1829
Cordylus microlepidotus Cuvier
1831 Zonurus microlepidotus – Gray
1834 Zonurus wittii Schlegel
1838 Cordylus (Pseudocordylus) montanus Smith
1943 Pseudocordylus microlepidotus microlepidotus
– Fitzsimons
2001 Cordylus microlepidotus microlepidotus –
Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus
2002 Cordylus microlepidotus – Anonymus/CITES
Cuvier, G.
(1829): Le Règne
Animal distribué d’après son Organisation, pour servir de
base à l’Histoire naturelle des Animaux et d’introduction à
l’Anatomie Comparée. [2] Les Reptiles. — Paris: Déterville
(2ième Édition), i–xvi + 1–406. [as Cordylus
microlepidotus;
type locality: “Africa” (fide Loveridge 1944); syntype in
MHNP]
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Anonymus/CITES
(2002): distr • Böhme &
Lang 1991: »Lacerta« rottensis
von Meyer, 1856 to the
Cordyliformes; compared with Pseudocordylus microlepidotus
• Boulenger 1885:
morph •
Branch
1981: distr
• Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Branch & Bauer
1995: behav
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Brygoo 1985[a]:
sys, syntype in MHNP
• Cooper, van Wyk,
Mouton, Al-Johany et al. 2000: antipredatory behavior •
Cooper,
Whiting & van Wyk 1997: foraging modes •
Cunningham,
Henderson & Tolley 2003: distr • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Flower 1925[a]:
age: >2 years
• Gibbons 1989:
nematoda from
Pseudocordylus
micorlepidotus • Gray 1845:
morph •
Harvey
& Gutberlet 1995: microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of
scale surfaces • Hughes 1988:
age: >2 years
• Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Mouton, Gagiano &
Sachse 2005: generation glands, femoral glands
• Olmo, Capriglione,
Odierna et al. 1995: genome characteristics •
Olmo &
Odierna 1980: chromosomes, DNA, karyotype
• Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Rose 1962:
morph, behav •
Schlegel
1834: morph,
description of Zonurus wittii
(type locality: “De zuidspits
van Afrika”) • Smith 1838:
description of
Cordylus
(Pseudocordylus) montanus (type locality: “South Africa”)
• Smith 1838-1849 [=
1843]: morph. = plate
24 (1843) fig. 1: Cordylus microlepidotus
= Pseudocordylus microlepidotus
microlepidotus,
fide Ulber 1999 • Snider & Bowler
1992: age: >2 years
• Visser 1984[e]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
van Wyk
& Mouton 1992: epidermal glandular structure •
Pseudocordylus
microlepidotus fasciatus (Smith,
1838)
1838
Cordylus (Pseudocordylus) fasciatus Smith
1838 Cordylus (Pseudocordylus) algoensis Smith
1927 Pseudocordylus fasciatus – Hewitt
1943 Pseudocordylus microlepidotus fasciatus –
Fitzsimons
2001 Cordylus microlepidotus fasciatus – Frost,
Janies, Mouton & Titus
2002 Cordylus fasciatus – Anonymus/CITES
Smith, A.
(1838): Contributions
to the South African Zoology. — Annals and Magazine of
Natural History (London), (2) 2: 31–34. [as
Cordylus (Pseudocordylus)
fasciatus; type
locality: “South Africa”; type: lost]
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to enlarge
Anonymus/CITES
(2002): distr • Branch
1981: distr
• Fitzsimons 1937:
type not found in NHM nor in
Royal Scottish Museum • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr • Hewitt 1937[b]:
morph, distr, behav
• Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Smith 1838:
description of
Cordylus
(Pseudocordylus) algoensis (type locality: “South Africa”)
• Smith 1838-1849 [=
1843]: morph.
= plate 24 (1843) fig.
2: Cordylus
microlepidotus = Pseudocordylus microlepidotus
fasciatus, fide
Ulber 1999 • Smith 1838-1849
[1843]: morph.= plate
27 (1843) fig. 1: Cordylus fasciatus
= Pseudocordylus microlepidotus
fasciatus, fide
Ulber 1999 • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Pseudocordylus
microlepidotus namaquensis Hewitt,
1927
1927
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis Hewitt
2001 Cordylus microlepidotus namaquensis – Frost,
Janies, Mouton & Titus
Hewitt, J.
(1927[a]): Further
descriptions of reptiles and batrachians from South Africa.
— Rec. Albany Museum (Grahamstown), 3 (5): 371–415. [type
locality: “Namaqualand”; type in South African Museum, Cape
Town]
Branch 1981:
distr •
Fitzsimons
1943: sys, morph,
colour, size, distr • Loveridge 1944:
revision (= all data)
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Pseudocordylus
nebulosus Mouton
& van Wyk, 1995
1995 Pseudocordylus
nebulosus Mouton & van Wyk
2001 Cordylus nebulosus – Frost, Janies, Mouton
& Titus
2002 Cordylus nebulosus – Anonymus/CITES
Mouton, P.
& van Wyk, J. (1995): A new crag lizard from the Cape Folded
Mountains in South Africa. — Amphibia-Reptilia (Leiden), 16
(4): 389–399. [type locality: “Northern slope of
Landdroskop in the Hottentotsholland Mountains, in the
Western Cape, South Africa, at an altitude of 1200m above
sea level”; type in South African Museum, Cape Town]
Anonymus/CITES
(2002): distr • Baard & de
Villiers 2000: conservation • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map •
Pseudocordylus
spinosus Fitzsimons,
1947
1947 Pseudocordylus spinosus Fitzsimons
2001 Cordylus spinosus – Frost, Janies, Mouton
& Titus
2002 Cordylus spinosus – Anonymus/CITES
Fitzsimons,
V. (1947): Descriptions of New Species and
Subspecies of Reptiles and Amphibians from Natal, together
with Notes on some other Little Known Species. — Annals of
the Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg), 11 (1):
111–137. [see below] [type locality: “Cathkin Peak
Area, Drakensberg, Natal”; type in TM]
Anonymus/CITES
(2002): distr • Bourquin &
Channing 1980: distr,
habitat • Branch 1988:
summary of data, conservation
status “restricted”, map • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1964[b]: sys, morph,
coloration, size, habitat, breeding, diet, distr
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Hughes 1988:
age: >1 year
• Visser 1984[e]:
morph, behav, distr
• de Waal 1978:
sys, distr, for the OFS with
map, morph • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Pseudocordylus
transvaalensis Fitzsimons,
1943
1943
Pseudocordylus subviridis transvaalensis
Fitzsimons
1984 Pseudocordylus melanotus transvaalensis –
Visser
1998 Pseudocordylus transvaalensis – Branch
2001 Cordylus transvaalensis – Frost, Janies,
Mouton & Titus
2002 Cordylus transvaalensis – Anonymus/CITES
Fitzsimons,
V. (1943): The Lizards
of South Africa. — Memoirs of the Transvaal Museum
(Pretoria), No. 1, xv + 528 pp. [as Pseudocordylus subviridis
transvaalensis;
type locality: “Woodbush, Pietersburg District, North
Transvaal”; type in TM]
Anonymus/CITES
(2002): distr • Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1964[b]: sys, morph,
coloration, size, habitat, breeding, diet, distr
• Visser 1984[e]:
morph, behav, distr
• de Waal 1978:
sys • Wever 1978:
structure and function of ear
• Yeadon 1991[a]:
size, distr •
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