Taxonomy Profile: Platysaurus (Smith 1844)

Platysaurus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Platysaurus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Autarchoglossa
Family : Cordylidae
girdle-tailed lizards |
Genus : Platysaurus
Platysaurus Direct Children(s):
Platysaurus broadleyi
(Branch and Whiting 1997)
Platysaurus capensis
(Smith 1844)
Platysaurus guttatus
(Smith 1849)
Platysaurus imperator
(Broadley 1962)
Platysaurus intermedius
(Matschie 1891)
Platysaurus lebomboensis
(Jacobsen 1994)
Platysaurus maculatus
(Broadley 1965)
Platysaurus minor
(Fitzsimons 1930)
Platysaurus mitchelli
(Loveridge 1953)
Platysaurus monotropis
(Jacobsen 1994)
Platysaurus ocellatus
(Broadley 1962)
Platysaurus orientalis
(Fitzsimons 1941)
Platysaurus pungweensis
(Broadley 1959)
Platysaurus relictus
(Broadley 1976)
Platysaurus torquatus
(Peters 1879)
Platysaurus attenboroughi
(Whiting Branch Pepper and Keogh 2015)
Platysaurus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
Reptile Database (Aug. 2020)
Acquired:
2020-12-16
Notes:
Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 16 Dec 2020
Reference for:
Platysaurus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Stanley, Edward L., Aaron M. Bauer, Todd R. Jackman, William R. Branch, and P. Le Fras N. Mouton
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-01-01 / 2011-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 58, no. 1
Page(s):
53-70
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1055-7903
Notes:
doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024
Reference for:
Platysaurus
Platysaurus: Geographic Information
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Platysaurus: Comments