| Tetradactylus | |
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| Tetradactylus seps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gerrhosauridae |
| Subfamily: | Gerrhosaurinae |
| Genus: | Tetradactylus Merrem, 1820[1] |
Tetradactylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae. The genus is endemic to Africa.
Species
The genus Tetradactylus contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Tetradactylus africanus Gray, 1838 – African long-tailed seps
- Tetradactylus breyeri Roux, 1907 – Breyer's long-tailed seps, vulnerable (VU)
- Tetradactylus eastwoodae Hewitt & Methuen, 1913 – Eastwood's long-tailed seps, extinct (EX)
- Tetradactylus ellenbergeri (Angel, 1922) – Ellenberger's long-tailed seps
- Tetradactylus fitzsimonsi (Hewitt, 1915) – Fitzsimons's long-tailed seps
- Tetradactylus seps (Linnaeus, 1758) – short-legged seps
- Tetradactylus tetradactylus (Daudin, 1802) – long-toed seps
- Tetradactylus udzungwensis Salvidio, Menegon, Sindaco & Moyer, 2004 – Udzungwa long-tailed seps
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally named in a genus other than Tetradactylus.
References
- ^ "Tetradactylus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ^ Genus Tetradactylus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Berger-Dell'Mour HAE (1983). "Der Übergang von Echse zu Schleiche in der Gattung Tetradactylus, Merrem [=The Transition from Lizard to Legless Lizard in the Genus Tetradactylus, Merrem]". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 110: 1–152. (in German).
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Gerrhosauridæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Tetradactylus, p. 124).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Tetradactylus, pp. 181–182).
- Merrem B (1820). Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien: Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg: J.C. Krieger. xv + 191 pp. + one plate. (Tetradactylus, new genus, p. 75). (in German and Latin).
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