Matobosaurus maltzahni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: 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: Lacertilia Infraordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Holotype: ZMUH. [destroyed? fide Griffin (2003: 75)]

Type locality: “Farm Roidina, D.S.W.-Afrika [=Namibia]”.

Gerrhosaurus maltzahni De Grys 1938: 58 [original combination]
Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni — Loveridge, 1942: 495 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Broadleysaurus maltzahni Bates & Tolley in Bates et al., 2013: 476 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

De Grys, P. 1938. Gerrhosaurus maltzahni spec. nov. Zoologischer Anzeiger 124 (3/4): 58–60.
Bates, M.F., Tolley, K.A., Edwards, S., Davids, Z., Silva, J.M. & Branch, W.R. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 3750(5): 465–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.3 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Matobosaurus maltzahni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2018.

English: Western Giant Plated Lizard

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