Cordylus rivae (BOULENGER, 1896)

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Higher Taxa	Cordylidae (Cordylinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Ethiopian Girdled Lizard G: Äthiopischer Gürtelschweif
Synonym	Zonurus rivae BOULENGER 1896 Cordylus cordylus rivae LOVERIDGE 1944 Cordylus rivae — VISSER 1971 Cordylus rivae — BROADLEY & BRANCH 2002 Cordylus rivae — STANLEY et al. 2011 Cordylus rivae — REISSIG 2014
Distribution	Ethiopia, East Africa Type locality: Giacorsa, Gallaland, Ethiopia.
Reproduction	Ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: MSNG 28900
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: see map in GREENBAUM et al. 2012. Type not in BMNH fide P. Campbell, pers. comm., 9 July 2014.
Etymology	Named after Dr. Riva, one of Prince Eugenio Ruspoli’s companions and who apparently brought the type to Italy.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1896. A list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the late Prince Eugenio Ruspoli in Somaliland and Gallaland in 1893. Annali Mus. civ. Stor. nat. Genova, Giacomo Doria, (2) 17: 5-14 [11] - get paper here Broadley, D. G. & W. R. Branch 2002. A review of the small east African Cordylus (Sauria: Cordylidae), with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology 51 (1): 9-34 - get paper here Capocaccia, L. 1961. Catalogo dei tipi di Rettili del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova [MSNG]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 72: 86-111 - get paper here Greenbaum, Eli; Edward L. Stanley, Chifundera Kusamba, Wandege M. Moninga, Stephen R. Goldberg & Charles R. Bursey 2012. A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Marungu Plateau of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Herpetology 61 (1): 14-39 - get paper here Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19 (1): 21-109 - get paper here Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp. MOUTON, P. LE FRAS N.; DAHNÉ A. JANSE VAN RENSBURG and JOHANNES H. VAN WYK 2010. Epidermal glands in cordylid lizards, with special reference to generation glands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 312–324. - get paper here Nielsen, Stuart V. & Timothy J. Colston 2014. The phylogenetic position of Ethiopia's sole endemic and biogeographically enigmatic cordylid lizard, Cordylus rivae (Squamata: Cordylidae), and a discussion of its conservation status. African Journal of Herpetology 63 (2): 166-176; DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2014.953606 - get paper here Reissig, J. 2014. Girdled Lizards and Their Relatives. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, ISBN-10: 3899734378 Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here Stanley, Edward L.; Aaron M. Bauer; Todd R. Jackman, William R. Branch, P. Le Fras N. Mouton 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58(1): 53-70. - get paper here
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