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Cordylus tropidosternum (COPE, 1869)

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Higher TaxaCordylidae (Cordylinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tropical Girdled Lizard
G: Tropischer Gürtelschweif, Zwerggürtelschweif 
SynonymZonurus tropidosternum COPE 1869: 169
Zonurus tropidosternum — BOULENGER 1885: 254
Zonurus frenatus PFEFFER 1889
Zonurus tropidosternum — TORNIER 1897: 31
Zonurus parkeri COTT 1934
Cordylus tropidosternum — FITZSIMONS 1943 Terra typica
Cordylus cordylus tropidosternum — LOVERIDGE 1944
Cordylus tropidosternum tropidosternum — BRANCH 1988
Cordylus tropidosternum tropidosternum — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 19
Cordylus tropidosternum — BROADLEY & BRANCH 2002
Cordylus tropidosternum — STANLEY et al. 2011
Cordylus tropidosternum — SPAWLS et al 2018: 211 
DistributionSE Kenya and Tanzania, west through N Zambia to S Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire: Katanga Province), south through Malawi and Mozambique to NE Zimbabwe, reaching its southern limit on the Save River in Mozambique (fide BROADLEY & BRANCH 2002).

Type locality: see comment.

frenatus: Tanzania; Type locality: Mhonda, Tanzania

parkeri: Mozambique; Type locality: Amatongas, Mozambique  
ReproductionOvoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ R-5742. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (85 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: see map in GREENBAUM et al. 2012. The type locality give by Cope is “Madagascar”, which is probably in error for Mozambique.

Illustration of Cordylus tropidosternum in Elaphe 12 (1): 62 [2004]. 
EtymologyNamed after its keeled chest (from Greek ”tropis”, the keel of a ship, “tropidos”, and “sternon”, Greek for chest, heart). 
References
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