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Higher TaxaOpluridae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesOplurus cuvieri cuvieri (GRAY 1831)
Oplurus cuvieri comorensis (ANGEL 1942) 
Common NamesE: Cuvier's Madagascar Swift
G: Cuviers Madagaskarleguan 
SynonymOplurus torquatus CUVIER 1829: 48 (nomen oblitum)
Tropidurus cuvieri GRAY 1831: 41 (nomen substitutum for Oplurus torquatus)
Oplurus Sebae DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 361
Hoplurus Sebae — FITZINGER 1843: 76
Hoplurus Barnardi PETERS 1854: 616 (part.)
Hoplurus sebae — BOULENGER 1885: 129
Hoplurus sebae — BARBOUR 1918: 483
Oplurus cuvieri — SAVAGE 1952
Oplurus cuvieri — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 260
Oplurus cuvieri — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 115
Oplurus cuvieri — SCHLÜTER 2013
Oplurus cuvieri — SCHLÜTER 2013
Oplurus cf. cuvieri — RAKOTOARISON et al. 2015

Oplurus cuvieri cuvieri (GRAY 1831)
Tropidurus cuvieri GRAY 1831: 41 (nomen substitutum for Oplurus torquatus)
Hoplurus sebae [sebae] — ANGEL 1942
Oplurus cuvieri cuvieri — SAVAGE 1952
Oplurus cuvieri cuvieri — SCHLÜTER 2013

Oplurus cuvieri comorensis ANGEL 1942
[Hoplurus sebae] var. comorensis ANGEL 1942: 84
O.[plurus] cuvieri comorensis — SAVAGE 1952
Oplurus cuvieri comorensis — SCHLÜTER 2013 
DistributionNW Madagascar

comorensis: Grand Comoro (Comore) Island

Type locality: unknown fide BLANC 1977  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1433
Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1908.0034 and MNHN-RA 1922.0298-0299 [comorensis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: fide BLANC 1977 and SCHLÜTER 2013.

Type species: Oplurus torquatus CUVIER 1829: 48 is the type species of the genus Oplurus CUVIER 1829. The subsequent designation by Fitzinger 1843: 17, as Oplurus sebae Duméril and Bibron, 1837, is invalid (fide FROST, Opluridae, unpublished). 
EtymologyNamed after Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), better known by his pen name Georges Cuvier. 
References
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