Matobosaurus maltzahni (DE GRYS, 1938)

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Higher Taxa	Gerrhosauridae (Gerrhosaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Western Giant Plated Lizard
Synonym	Gerrhosaurus maltzahni DE GRYS 1938 Gerrhosaurus validus damarensis FITZSIMONS 1938 Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni — LOVERIDGE 1942: 495 Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni — FITZSIMONS 1943: 271 Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni — HELLMICH 1957: 56 Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni — BAUER et al. 1993 Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni — GRIFFIN 2003: 75 Matobosaurus maltzahni — BATES et al. 2013 Matobosaurus maltzahni — SCHLEICHER 2020
Distribution	NW/C Namibia, S Angola Type locality: Roidina Farm, South West Africa.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMH (destroyed? fide Griffin 2003).
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Mr. “A. v. Maltzahn, Farm Roidina, D.S.W. Afrika” who collected the type.
References	Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (e203) - get paper here BATES, MICHAEL F.; KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY, SHELLEY EDWARDS, ZOË DAVIDS, JESSICA M. DA SILVA, & WILLIAM R. BRANCH 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 465–493 - get paper here Bauer, Aaron M.; Branch, William R. & Haacke, Wulf D. 1993. The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland, Namibia. Madoqua (Windhoek) 18 (2): 117-145. - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1905. A list of the batrachians and reptiles collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in Angola with descriptions of new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 16: 105-115 - get paper here FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp. Fitzsimons,V.F.M. 1938. Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937 - Reptiles and Amphibians. Annals Transvaal Mus. 19 (2): 153-209 - get paper here GRIFFIN, M. 2003. Annotated Checklist and Provisional National Conservation Status of Namibian Reptiles. Namibia Scientific Society, Windhoek. [2] + 169 pp. Grys, P. de 1938. Gerrhosaurus maltzahni spec. nov. Zool. Anz. 124 (3/4): 58-60 Hellmich, W. 1957. Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise in Angola. Veröff. Zool. Staatssammlung München 5: 1-91 - get paper here Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here Lobón-Rovira J, Vaz Pinto P, S. Becker F, Tolley KA, Measey J, Bennet B, Boon B, de Sá S, Conradie W 2022. An updated herpetofaunal species inventory of Iona National Park in southwestern Angola. Check List 18(2): 289-321 - get paper here Loveridge,A. 1942. Revision of the African lizards of the family Gerrhosauridae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 89 (11): 485-543 - get paper here Marques, Mariana P.; Luis M. P. Ceríaco , David C. Blackburn , and Aaron M. Bauer 2018. Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola -- Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840–2017). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 4) 65: 1-501 (Supplement II) Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific Society, 276 pp. Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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