Tracheloptychus petersi GRANDIDIER, 1869

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Higher Taxa	Gerrhosauridae (Zonosaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Peters' Keeled Cordylid
Synonym	Tracheloptychus petersi GRANDIDIER 1869: 4 Tracheloptychus petersi — ANGEL 1942: 103 Tracheloptychus petersi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 302 Tracheloptychus petersi — WHITING et al. 2003 Tracheloptychus petersi — RECKNAGEL et al. 2013
Distribution	SW Madagascar Type locality: “Mourounbé”
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 7635
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Wilhelm Peters (1815-1883), German herpetologist.
References	Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp. Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Grandidier, A. 1869. Descriptions de quelques animaux nouveaux découverts, pendant l'année 1869, sur la côte ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magazine de Zooogie (Paris), Sér. 2, 21: 337-342 [1-6] Kostmann, A., Kratochvíl, L., & Rovatsos, M. 2021. First Report of Sex Chromosomes in Plated Lizards (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae). Sexual Development, 1-6 - get paper here Meier, H. 1988. Zur Ökologie, Ethologie und Taxonomie einiger Schildechsen der Gattungen Tracheloptychus und Zonosaurus auf Madagaskar, Teil 1. Herpetofauna 10 (57): 22-26 - get paper here Raselimanana, Achille P.; Brice Noonan, K. Praveen Karanth, Jacques Gauthier, Anne D. Yoder 2009. Phylogeny and evolution of Malagasy plated lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 (2): 336-344 - get paper here Recknagel, Hans; Kathryn R. Elmer, Brice P. Noonan, Achille P. Raselimanana, Axel Meyer, Miguel Vences 2013. Multi-gene phylogeny of Madagascar’s plated lizards, Zonosaurus and Tracheloptychus (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here Schlüter, Uwe 2013. Madagaskarleguane - Lebensweise, Pflege und Fortpflanzung. KUS-Verlag, 88 pp. - get paper here Schmidt, W. & Liebel, K. 1997. Reise in den Südosten Madagaskars. Reptilia (Münster) 2 (5): 33-38 - get paper here Whiting, A.S.; Aaron M. Bauer & Jack W. Sites, Jr. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships and limb loss in sub-Saharan African scincine lizards (Squamata: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29 (3): 582-598 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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