Tracheloptychus

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
Subordo: Scincomorpha
Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamilia: Zonosaurinae
Genus: Tracheloptychus
Species (2): T. madagascariensis – T. petersi
Name

Tracheloptychus Peters, 1854: 617

Type species: Tracheloptychus madagascariensis Peters, 1854, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Peters, W.C.H. 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 Konigl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 614–628. BHL

Additional references

Raselimanana, A.P., Noonan, B., Karanth, K.P., Gauthier, J. & Yoder, A.D. 2009. Phylogeny and evolution of Malagasy plated lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(2): 336–344. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.004 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Tracheloptychus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Keeled Cordylids

Tracheloptychus is a small genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2]
Species

There are two species which are recognized as being valid.[3][4]

Tracheloptychus madagascariensis W. Peters, 1854 – Malagasy keeled plated lizard, Madagascar girdled lizard
Tracheloptychus petersi Grandidier, 1869 – Peters' keeled plated lizard[5]

Etymology

The specific name, petersi, is in honor of German herpetologist Wilhelm Peters, who is the author of this genus.[6]
References

Raselimanana A, Vences M (2011). Tracheloptychus madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
Rakotondravony H, Raselimanana A, Ramanamanjato J-B, Raxworthy CJ (2011). Tracheloptychus petersi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
Systematics and the Origin of Species: On Ernst Mayr's 100th Anniversary. National Academy of Sciences. National Academies Press. 2005. pg. 209.
"Tracheloptychus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tracheloptychus petersi, pp. 204-205).

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Gerrhosauridæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Tracheloptychus, p. 129; species T. madagascariensis, p. 129; species "T. petersii [sic]", p. 130).
Grandidier A (1869). "Descriptions de quelques animaux nouveaux découverts, pendant l'année 1869, sur la côte ouest de Madagascar ". Revue et Magazine de Zoologie pure et appliquée (Paris), Series 2, 21: 337-342. (Tracheloptychus petersi, new species, pp. 339–340). (in French).
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. (Tracheloptychus, new genus, p. 617; T. madagascariensis, new species, pp. 617–618). (in German and Latin).