Chamaesaura macrolepis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Chamaesaura
Species: Chamaesaura macrolepis
Name

Chamaesaura macrolepis (Cope, 1862)

Syntypes (2): ANSP 9708-09, collected by Rev. Grout.

Type locality: “Natal”, South Africa.
Combinations

Mancus macrolepis Cope, 1862: 339 [original combination]
Micrurus pyrrhocryptus — Boulenger, 1885: 264 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Cope, E.D. 1862. Notes upon some Reptiles of the Old World. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 337–344. BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Chamaesaura macrolepis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 September 2018.
Bates, M.F. 2017. IUCN: Chamaesaura macrolepis (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T110159014A110322240. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T110159014A110322240.en

Vernacular names
English: Large-scaled Grass Lizard

The large-scale grass lizard (Chamaesaura macrolepis), also known as the large-scaled snake lizard, Zambian grass lizard, or Zambian snake lizard,[3] is a species of lizard in the genus Chamaesaura. It lives scattered across southern Africa with two subspecies.[2]
Distributation

The large-scale grass lizard lives in grasslands in South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
Subspecies

The large-scale grass lizard has two subspecies.

C. m. macrolepis - This subspecies was discovered by Cope in 1862.
C. m. miopropus - In 1894, George Albert Boulenger discovered a second subspecies.

Footnotes

Bates, M.F.; Tolley, K.A. (2018). "Chamaesaura macrolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110159014A115673966. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110159014A115673966.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
"Chamaesaura macrolepis COPE, 1862". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
"Chamaesaura macrolepis". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-06.