Chamaesaura macrolepis

ReptiliaSquamataCordylidaeChamaesaura
Written By Gary Nicolau

Chamaesaura macrolepis (Cope, 1862)

Large-scale Grass Lizard

Alternative Names
Grootskub Grasakkedis (Afrikaans)
Grootskub Slangakkedis (Afrikaans)
Large-scaled snake-lizard (English)

TAXONOMY

Original Description: Cope, E.D. (1862). Notes upon some reptiles of the Old World. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 337-594.

Original name: Mancus macrolepis Cope, 1862: 339

Taxonomic Status: Accepted

Type Material: Syntypes: ANSP 9708-09 (Malnate 1971).

GEOGRAPHY

Country Occurrence: Eswatini; South Africa; Mozambique; Zimbabwe

Geographic Occurrence:

Distribution Notes: Recently recorded in southern Mozambique (Jordaan 2020). Likely occurs in central Mozambique along the Chimanimani mountain range.

Type Locality: “Natal, Umvoti” (Cope 1862)

CONSERVATION

Status: Least Concern

LITERATURE

  • Cope, E. D. (1862). Notes upon some reptiles of the Old World. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 337-594.

  • Malnate, E. V. (1971). A catalog of primary types in the herpetological collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP). Proceedings of the Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 123: 345-375.

Gary Nicolau
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