Pseudocordylus melanotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Pseudocordylus
Species:

Name

  • Pseudocordylus melanotus (Smith, 1838)

Type locality: “South Africa”, specified to “hills between the main branches of the Orange River east of Philippolis, Orange Free State” by Smith (1843), restricted to “Ficksburg District, eastern Orange Free State”, South Africa by De Waal (1978: 105)

Combinations

  • Cordylus (Pseudocordylus) melanotus Smith, 1838: 32 [original combination]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: Highveld Crag Lizard