IRMNG - Mochlus Günther, 1864

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Mochlus Günther, 1864

IRMNG_ID

1274327 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1274327)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scincidae Gray, 1825

Synonymised names

Lepidothyris Cope, 1892 · unaccepted

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Species Mochlus albopunctatus (Gray, 1846)
Species Mochlus brevicaudis Greer, Grandison & Barbault, 1985
Species Mochlus fernandi Burton, 1836
Species Mochlus guineensis Peters, 1879
Species Mochlus sundevalli Smith, 1849
Species Mochlus afer Bocage, 1867 accepted as Lygosoma afrum Peters, 1854
Species Mochlus bowringi Ebenhard & Sjögren, 1984 accepted as Lygosoma bowringii Günther, 1864
Species Mochlus punctulatus Günther, 1864 accepted as Lygosoma afrum Peters, 1854

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 308 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Mochlus Günther, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1274327 on 2024-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (8)
Links (2)

original description Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864
page(s): 308 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Uetz, 1995- [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Uetz, 1995- [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Lepidothyris Cope, 1892) Cope, E. D. (1892). On degenerate types of scapular and pelvic arches in the lacertilia /. <em>Journal of Morpholog.</em> 7(1): 223-242., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11902429
page(s): 233 [details]

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