Ichnotropis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Ichnotropis
Species (6): I. bivittata – I. capensis – I. chapini – I. grandiceps – I. microlepidota – I. tanganicana
Name

Ichnotropis Peters 1854: 617 [conserved name]

Type species: Ichnotropis macrolepidota Peters, 1854, by subsequent designation by FitzSimons (1943: 349).

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (Opinion 1422).
References
Primary references

Peters, W. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 614–628. BHL Reference page.
Branch, W.R. & Broadley, D.G. 1985. Ichnotropis Peters 1854 (Reptilia, Sauria): proposed conservation by the suppression of Thermophilus Fitzinger 1843. Z.N. (S.) 2377. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(1): 89–90. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1987. Opinion 1422. Ichnotropis Peters, 1854 (Reptilia, Sauria): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(1): 52. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Edwards, S., Branch, W.R., Vanhooydonck, B., Herrel, A., Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2013. Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 3669(2): 101–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.1 Open access Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Ichnotropis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 September 2017.

Ichnotropis is a genus of African lizards in the family Lacertidae. Species in the genus Ichnotropis are commonly called rough-scaled lizards.[2]
Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Ichnotropis bivittata Bocage, 1866 - Angolan rough-scaled lizard
Ichnotropis capensis (A. Smith, 1838) - Cape rough-scaled lizard, ornate rough-scaled lizard, Smith's rough-scaled sand lizard
Ichnotropis chapini K.P. Schmidt, 1919
Ichnotropis grandiceps Broadley, 1967 - Caprivi rough-scaled lizard
Ichnotropis microlepidota Marx, 1956 - Marx's rough-scaled lizard
Ichnotropis tanganicana Boulenger, 1917 - Tanzanian rough-scaled lizard,

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ichnotropis.
References

"Ichnotropis ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.

"Ichnotropis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidae, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Ichnotropis, p. 78).
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 Ichnotropis, p. 162).
Peters W (1854). "Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden ". Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 614–628. (Ichnotropis, new genus, p. 617). (in German and Latin).