Zonurus cordylus rhodesianus Hewitt, 1933

Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), Zootaxa 4576 (1), pp. 1-45 : 9

Zonurus cordylus rhodesianus Hewitt, 1933

Occasional Papers of the Rhodesian Museum, 2: 48; Plate 9, Fig. 3 .

Current name: Cordylus rhodesianus ( Hewitt, 1933)

Syntypes (3): PEM R5294–6 (formerly AMG 6583 ) ; Monte Cassino, Macheke, Zimbabwe; Rev. K. Tasman .

Remarks. Type series consists of eight specimens, two in NMZB (nos. 1222–3) and the remainder in the PEM according to the type description. Subsequently, two have been donated to TMP (nos.1485–6) and one to MCZ (R 33448). Specimen PEM R5294 can, with confidence, be associated with Plate 9, fig 3, based on the body shape and the ventral cut exposing part of the trachea. All three remaining PEM types are in good condition with ventral incisions from pectoral region to above anal plate. PEM R5296 has a detached tail tied onto specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Family Gekkonidae I: A—Neotype of Geko wahlbergii (PEM R17603), B—Syntype of Hemidactylus tasmani (PEM R16077), C—Syntype of Lygodactylus bradfieldi (PEM R14590), D—Syntype of Lygodactylus stevensoni (PEM R16074). All scale bars are 1 cm.