| Tropidosaura | |
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| Tropidosaura gularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Tropidosaura Fitzinger, 1826 |
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Tropidosaura is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. The genus is endemic to southern Africa.
Geographic range
All species in the genus Tropidosaura are found in southern Africa.
Species
The following four species are recognized.
- Tropidosaura cottrelli (Hewitt, 1925) – Cottrell's mountain lizard
- Tropidosaura essexi Hewitt, 1927 – Essex's mountain lizard
- Tropidosaura gularis Hewitt, 1927 – Cape mountain lizard, yellow-striped mountain lizard
- Tropidosaura montana (Gray, 1831) – common mountain lizard, green-striped mountain lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Tropidosaura.
References
- ^ "Tropidosaura ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
- 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 Tropidosaura, p. 174).
- ^ Genus Tropidosaura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschaft-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologischen Museums zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. 5 unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Tropidosaura, new genus, p. 22). (in German).
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