Tropidosaura
Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Automatic taxobox
Tropidosaura is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae.<ref name="Dahms"/> The genus is endemic to southern Africa.<ref>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. Template:ISBN. (Genus Tropidosaura, p. 174).</ref>
Geographic range
All species in the genus Tropidosaura are found in southern Africa.<ref name="RDB"/>
Species
The following four species are recognized.<ref name="RDB">Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- 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
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).