Cordylus nyikae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Cordylus
Species: Cordylus nyikae

Holotype: NMZB -UM 24352, adult ♂, collected by D.G. Broadley on 12 November 1970.

Type locality: “Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park, Malawi (10°35'S x 33°48'E), altitude ca. 2400 m. a.s.l.”.

Broadley, D.G. & Mouton, P.F.N. 2000. A new species of rupicolus Cordylus Laurenti from Malawi (Sauria: Cordylidae). African Journal of Herpetology 49(2): 169–172. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2000.9635443 Reference page.

English: Nyika Girdled Lizard

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