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Oplurus cyclurus (MERREM, 1820)

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Higher TaxaOpluridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Merrem's Madagascar Swift
G: Madagaskarleguan, Kugelechse 
SynonymUromastyx cyclurus MERREM 1820: 56
Oplurus Maximiliani DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 365
Doryphorus Maximiliani — FITZINGER 1843: 77
Tropidurus cyclurus — GRAY 1845: 225
Hoplurus Barnardi PETERS 1854 (part.)
Hoplurus cyclurus — PETERS 1882: 32
Hoplurus cyclurus — BOULENGER 1885: 130
Oplurus cyclurus — SAVAGE 1952: 182
Oplurus cyclurus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 260
Oplurus cyclurus — SCHLÜTER 2013: 61 
DistributionSW Madagascar (Tuléar Province and extending northward into SW Majunga Province)

Type locality: Brasilia (in error)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated (AMNH Opluridae catalogue)
Holotype: MNHN-RA [Maximiliani] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy partly after BOULENGER 1885 and SCHLÜTER 2013. 
References
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