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Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (SMITH, 1844)

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Higher TaxaGerrhosauridae (Gerrhosaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dwarf Plated Lizard 
SynonymGerrhosaurus subtessellatus SMITH 1844
Pleurostrichus subtessellatus GRAY 1845
Gerrhosaurus trivittatus PETERS 1862: 18
Cordylosaurus trivittatus — GRAY 1865
Cordylosaurus trivirgatus — GRAY 1865: 641
Cordylosaurus trivittatus australis HEWITT 1932: 114
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus — LOVERIDGE 1942
Cordylosaurus trivittatus trivittatus — FITZSIMONS 1943: 284
Cordylosaurus trivittatus australis — FITZSIMONS 1943: 286
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus — AUERBACH 1987: 122
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus — WHITING et al. 2003
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus — BATES et al. 2014: 226
Cordylosaurus subtessellatus — SCHLEICHER 2020
Cordylosaurus subtesselatus — TELFORD et al 2022 (in error) 
DistributionS Angola, Namibia, W Republic of South Africa, Botswana

Type locality: Neu-Barmen [=Otjimbingue, Namibia] [Gerrhosaurus trivittatus PETERS 1862]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 4205-7, 50300 [Gerrhosaurus trivittatus PETERS 1862]
Syntypes (2): PEM R16105–6 (formerly AMG 6111) [australis] 
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CommentType species: Cordylosaurus trivirgatus GRAY 1865 is the type species of the genus Cordylosaurus GRAY 1865.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin sub-, close to, almost, about + Latin tessellatus, of small square stones, checkered, tesselated. ["…Scales of body slightly imbricate and arranged in transverse rows…"].

The genus was named after Greek kordyle (κορδύλη), club, cudgel; knob, swelling, or bulge; wart-like growth + Greek sauros (σαῦρος), lizard. [“….The tail elongate, conical, tapering, with rings of strongly keeled, rather elongate scales…”]. 
References
  • Auerbach, R.D. 1987. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp.
  • Barts, M. 2008. Schildechsen: Gattungen und Arten im Überblick. Reptilia (Münster) 13 (69): 18-25 - get paper here
  • Barts, Mirko 2018. Ein kleiner Reiseführer zu den Reptilien und Amphibien Namibias. Draco 16 (64): 6-23 [2015] - get paper here
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 8: 111-160 [2001]
  • 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
  • Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
  • Branch, William R. 1994. Herpetofauna of the Sperrgebeit [sic] Region of Southern Namibia. Herpetological Natural History 2 (1): 1-11.
  • CONRADIE, WERNER; WILLIAM R. BRANCH, & GILLIAN WATSON 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576 (1): 001–045 - get paper here
  • Elzen, Paul van den 1980. Cordylosaurus subtessellattus [sic!] (Smith). Supplément à la Revue Francaise d'Aquariologie, 7 (3), n° 3/80: 2 S.
  • FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. 1866. Descriptions of two new genera of lizards from Damaraland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1865: 640-642 - get paper here
  • HEINICKE, M. P. & A. M. BAUER. 2018. A NEW PROVINCIAL RECORD AND OTHER NOTEWORTHY RECORDS OF REPTILES IN THE WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA. African Herp News (67): 37 - 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
  • Hewitt, J. 1932. Some new species and subspecies of South African batrachians and lizards. Ann. Natal Mus. (Pietermaritzburg) 7 (1): 105-128
  • 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
  • LOEHR, V.J.T. 2008. Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (A. Smith, 1844). Captive reproduction and longevity. African Herp News (44): 14 - get paper here
  • Marques MP, Parrinha D, Lopes-Lima M, Tiutenko A, Bauer AM, Ceríaco LMP 2024. An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola. ZooKeys 1201: 167-217 - 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)
  • Peters,W.C.H. 1862. Übersicht einiger von dem , durch seine afrikanische Sprachforschungen, rühmlichst bekannten, Hrn. Missionär C.H. Hahn bei Neu-Barmen, im Hererolande, and der Westküste von Afrika, im 21˚ südl. Br. gesammelten Amphibien, nebst Beschreibungen der neuen Arten. Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1862: 15-26 - get paper here
  • Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific  Society, 276 pp.
  • Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp.
  • Smith, A. 1844. Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa, Reptilia. Smith, Elder, and Co., London - get paper here
  • Telford, N. S., ALEXANDER, G. J., BECKER, F. S., CONRADIE, W., JORDAAN, A., KEMP, L., ... & TOLLEY, K. A. 2022. EXTENSIONS TO THE KNOWN GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS OF REPTILES IN THE GREAT KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 17(1), 145-154 - get paper here
  • Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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
 
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