Tetradactylus Explained

Tetradactylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae. The genus is endemic to Africa.

Species

The genus Tetradactylus contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Tetradactylus africanus – African long-tailed seps
• Tetradactylus breyeri – Breyer's long-tailed seps, vulnerable (VU)
• Tetradactylus eastwoodae – Eastwood's long-tailed seps, extinct (EX)
• Tetradactylus ellenbergeri – Ellenberger's long-tailed seps
• Tetradactylus fitzsimonsi – Fitzsimons's long-tailed seps
• Tetradactylus seps – short-legged seps
• Tetradactylus tetradactylus – long-toed seps
• Tetradactylus udzungwensis – Udzungwa long-tailed seps

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally named in a genus other than Tetradactylus.

Further reading

• Berger-Dell'Mour HAE (1983). "Der Übergang von Echse zu Schleiche in der Gattung Tetradactylus, Merrem [=The Transition from Lizard to Legless Lizard in the Genus ''Tetradactylus'', Merrem]". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 110: 1–152. (in German).
• 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 Tetradactylus, p. 124).
• 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. . (Genus Tetradactylus, pp. 181–182).
• Merrem B (1820). Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien: Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg: J.C. Krieger. xv + 191 pp. + one plate. (Tetradactylus, new genus, p. 75). (in German and Latin).

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.