Tropidosaura

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
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae Genus: Tropidosaura Species: T. cottrelli - T. essexi - T. gularis - T. montana
Name

Tropidosaura
Vernacular names

Tropidosaura is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae.[1] The genus is endemic to southern Africa.[2]

Geographic range

All species in the genus Tropidosaura are found in southern Africa.[3]
Species

The following four species are recognized.[3]

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.
Etymology

The specific names, cottrelli and essexi, are in honor of South African ornithologist John Awdry Cottrell and South African herpetologist Robert Essex, respectively.[4]
References

"Tropidosaura ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
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 Tropidosaura, p. 174).
"Tropidosaura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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. (Tropidosaura cottrelli, p. 60; T. essexi, pp. 85-86).