Distribution: south and east coastal zone and north Transvaal (Rep. South Africa), central Zimbabwe, central Zambia, south-east Zaire, east Angola, south Mozambique. [Lang 1991: map]
Tetradactylus africanus africanus (Gray, 1838)
1838 Caitia africana Gray
1988 Tetradactylus africanus africanus – Branch
Gray, J. (1838): Catalogue of the slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species. — Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London), 1: 274–283 + 388–394. [as Caitia africana; type locality: “Cape of Good Hope”; type data: ?]
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to enlarge
Berger-Dell’mour
1983: anatomy
• Berger-Dell’mour
1985: anatomy
• Boulenger
1887[a]: morph
• Branch 1990[a]:
distr, sys •
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Essex 1927:
degeneration of limbs
• Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr • Gray 1845:
morph •
Hughes
1988: age: >1
year • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Mason & Alexander
1992: reproduction • Mason & Alexander
1996: oviposition • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Smith 1838-1849 [=
1849]: morph
• de Waal 1978:
sys, distr, for the OFS with
map, morph • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Tetradactylus
africanus fitzsimonsi Hewitt,
1915
1915
Tetradactylus fitzsimonsi Hewitt
1988 Tetradactylus africanus fitzsimonsi –
Branch
Hewitt,
J. (1915): Descriptions of two new South African
lizards, Tetradactylus laevicauda
and T.
fitzsimonsi. —
Annals of the Transvaal Museum (Pretoria), 5 (2): 101–103.
[as Tetradactylus
fitzsimonsi; type
locality: “Schoemachers Kop near Port Elizabeth”; type in
(?) TM]
Fitzsimons 1943: sys,
morph, colour, size, distr, (Co-types in Port Elizabeth
Museum and Albany Museum, Grahamstown) •
Hewitt
1937[b]: morph,
distr • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Tetradactylus
breyeri Roux,
1907
Roux, J. (1907):
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der
Fauna von Süd-Afrika. Ergebnisse einer Reise von Prof. Max
Weber im Jahre 1894. VII. Lacertilia (Eidechsen). —
Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik,
Geographie und Biologie der Tiere (Jena), 25:
403–444. [see below] [type locality: “Transvaal”; type
in Zoological Museum, Amsterdam]
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Bates 1993[a]: reproduction • Bates 1993[d]:
morph •
Bates
1996: sys, distr
• Bourquin & Channing
1980: distr,
habitat • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Daan & Hillenius
1966: holotype in
Zoological Museum, Amsterdam • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr • Jacobsen 1988:
summary of data, conservation
status: “rare”, map • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Rogner 1994:
morph •
Visser
1984[b]: morph, behav,
distr • de Waal 1978:
sys, distr, for the OFS with
map, morph, habitat, breeding, diet • not in
Wermuth
1968 [in error]
•
Tetradactylus
eastwoodae Hewitt
& Methuen, 1913
may be
extinct
Hewitt, J. &
Methuen, P. (1913): Descriptions of some New Batrachia and
Lacertilia from South Africa. — Transaction of the Royal
Society of South Africa (Cape Town), 3: 107–111. [sometimes
cited as “Methuen & Hewitt”] [type locality: “Woodbush
(Zoutpansberg District)”; type in TM]
Branch
1998: morph, distr,
map • Jacobsen
1988[a]: summary of
data, conservation status: “extinct?”, map •
Fitzsimons
1943: morph, colour,
size • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision (=
all data) • McLachlan 1978:
conservation status
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Tetradactylus
ellenbergeri (Angel,
1922)
1922
Paratetradactylus ellenbergeri Angel
1933 Tetradactylus boulengeri de Witte
1937 Tetradactylus lundensis Monard
1942 Tetradactylus fitzsimonsi boulengeri –
Loveridge
1950 Tedradactylus [sic!] fitzsimonsi simplex
Laurent
1964 Tetradactylus ellenbergeri boulengeri –
Laurent
1971 Tetradactylus ellenbergeri – Broadley
Angel, M.
(1922): Sur un Lézard
d’un genre nouveau de la famille de Gerrhosauridae. —
Bulletin de Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris),
28: 150–152. [as Paratetradactylus
ellenbergeri;
type locality: “Pays des Barotsés (Rhodésie)”; type in
MHNP]
Branch
2005: morph, distr,
photo • Broadley,
1962[b]: sys
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Broadley
1971[c]: distr,
habitat • Broadley &
Cotterill 2004: distr
• Brygoo 1985[a]:
sys, type of
Paratetradactylus
ellenbergeri in
MHNP • Haagner, Branch &
Haagner 2000: size,
diet, reproduction • Laurent 1950:
description of
Tedradactylus
[sic!]
fitzsimonsi
simplex (type
locality: “Station d’études des Kundelungu (1.750 m.)
(Savane boisée)”, type in [?] Brussels) •
Laurent
1964: morph, sys,
distr, behav • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision (=
all data) • Monard 1937:
description of
Tetradactylus
lundensis (type locality: “Lunda, sur les bords du
Tyiumbwé supérieur, Angola”, paratype in R. G. Musée du
Congo, fide de Witte & Laurent 1942) •
Spawls,
Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2001: morph, distr, map, habitat, biology
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
de Witte
1933[a]: description
of Tetradactylus
boulengeri (type locality: “Kansénia (Vallée de la
Pande), Katanga”, type in R. G. Musée du Congo)
• de
Witte & Laurent 1942: morph, distr •
Tetradactylus
seps (Linnaeus,
1758)
1758
Lacerta seps Linnaeus
1801 Sincus [sic!] sepiformis Schneider
1839 Gerrhosaurus sepiformis – Duméril &
Bibron
1915 Tetradactylus laevicauda Hewitt
1942 Tetradactylus seps laevicauda – Loveridge
1990 Tetradactylus seps – Branch
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
seps; type
locality: “in meridionalibus”; type in (?) Stockholm
Museum]
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Bates
1996: morph,
distr • Bauer, Lang &
Günther 1994: sys,
type of Sincus
sepiformis Schneider in [?] ZMB •
Bell
1843: morph, sys
• Berger-Dell’mour
1983: anatomy
• Berger-Dell’mour
1985: anatomy
• Boulenger
1887[a]: morph
• Bourquin & Channing
1980: distr,
habitat • Branch 1990[a]:
distr, sys, behav, map
• Branch 1991[b]:
behav, distr •
Branch
& Bauer 1995: behav • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Fitzsimons 1947:
morph, colour •
Haagner
& Branch 1992: distr • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Hewitt
1915: description
of Tetradactylus
laevicauda (type locality: “Tabamhlope, Natal”, type
in TM) • Hewitt 1937[b]:
morph, distr •
Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Olmo, Capriglione,
Odierna et al. 1995: genome characteristics •
Olmo &
Odierna 1980: chromosomes, DNA, karyotype
• Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Rose 1962:
morph, behav •
Schneider
1801: description
of Sincus
[sic] sepiformis,
no type locality (type: see Bauer, Lang & Günther, in
ZMB with ''?'') • Shaw 1802:
morph •
Smith
1838-1849 [= 1844]: morph = plate 41 fig. 1 •
Visser
1984[b]: morph, behav,
distr • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Tetradactylus
tetradactylus (Daudin,
1802)
1802
Chalcides tetradactylus Daudin
1820 Tetradactylus chalcidicus Merrem
1830 Saurophis tetradactylus – Wagler
1839 Saurophis lacepedii Duméril & Bibron
1926 Tetradactylus bilineatus Hewitt
1942 Tetradactylus tetradactylus bilineatus –
Loveridge
1990 Tetradactylus tetradactylus –
Branch
Daudin,
F. (1802): Histoire
naturelle, générale et particulière des Reptiles. 4. —
Paris, 1–397. [as Chalcides
tetradactylus;
type locality: “on ne sait pas dans quelle partie de la
terre il habite”; type data: ???Paris]
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Bates 1988[a]: distr
• Bates 1993[b]:
size •
Bates
1996: morph,
distr • Bates & Douglas
1992: distr
• Berger-Dell’mour
1983: anatomy
• Berger-Dell’mour
1985: anatomy
• Boulenger
1887[a]: morph
• Branch 1990[a]:
distr, sys, behav, map
• Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Branch & Bauer
1995: behav
• Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Brygoo 1985[a]:
sys, syntype of
Saurophis
lacepedii in MHNP
and Chalcides
tetradactylus • Dumeril & Bibron
1839: description
of Saurophis
lacepedii,
type locality: “la pointe australe du continent
africain” • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Gray 1845:
morph •
Harvey
& Gutberlet 1995: microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of
scale surfaces • Hewitt 1926:
description of
Tetradactylus
bilineatus (type locality: “Burghersdorp district,
C.P.”, type in Albany Museum, Grahamstown) •
Hewitt
1937[b]: morph,
distr • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Merrem 1820:
description of
Tetradactylus
chalcidicus,
no type locality • Rogner 1994:
morph •
Rose
1962: morph,
behav • Visser 1984[b]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Tetradactylus
udzungwensis Salvidio,
Menegon, Sindaco & Moyer, 2004
Salvidio, Sebastiano,
Michele Menegon, Roberto Sindaco & David Moyer
(2004): A new species
of elongate seps from Udzungwa grasslands, southern
Tanzania (Reptilia, Gerrhosauridae, Tetradactylus
Merrem, 1820). —
Amphibia-Reptilia, 25 (1): 19-27. [type locality:
“Bomalang’ombe grasslands at 1880 m above sea level (08°
11’ 36.7’’ S, 35° 51’ 52.7’’ E), Gendawaki valley, Kilolo
District, Udzungwa Mountains, South East Tanzania”; type in
Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento, Italia.]
© Klaus Adolphs – created: 26 February 2001 – last changed or updated: 4 October 2009