Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825

Myers, Charles W., Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut & Vanzolini, Paulo E., 2011, Status of Early 19 th-Century Names Authored in Parallel by Wied and Schinz for South American Reptiles and Amphibians, with Designations of Three Nomina Protecta, American Museum Novitates 2011 (3714), pp. 1-24 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/3714.2

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scientific name

Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825
status

 

Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825

As explained above, the description of Lacerta vittata Schinz, 1822 , was based on a manuscript name transmitted by Wied to Schinz, who validated the name. Hoogmoed (1973: 301) pointed out that Lacerta vittata Schinz, 1822 , was a senior synonym of Kentropyx calcarata and indicated intent to propose suppression by the ICZN. Although the proposal was not submitted, other authors (especially Gallagher and Dixon, 1992: 141–142, and Ávila-Pires, 1995: 524) accepted the synonymy but followed Hoogmoed’s lead in continuing use of the junior name.

To our knowledge, the name Lacerta vittata Schinz has not been used as a valid name since its publication and specifically “has not been used as a valid name after 1899” ( ICZN, 1999: art. 23.9.1.1). The junior name Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825 , has been used as a “presumed valid name, in at least 25 works, published by at least 10 authors in the immediately preceding 50 years and encompassing a span of not less than 10 years” ( ICZN, 1999: art. 23.9.1.2).

The following 25 references (among many available) meet the criteria quoted above: Ávila and Silva, 2009; Ávila-Pires, 1995, 2005; Ávila-Pires et al., 2009; Castoe et al., 2004; Cole et al., 1995; Cosson et al., 1999; Gallagher and Dixon, 1980, 1992; Gallagher et al., 1986; Gasnier et al., 1994; Hoogmoed, 1973, 1979; Hoogmoed and Lescure, 1975; Lima et al., 2001; MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2007; Pellegrino et al., 2001; Perry, 1999; Peters and Donoso-Barros, 1970; Reeder et al., 2002; Ribeiro-Júnior et al., 2006; Smith and Ballinger, 2001; Telford and Telford, 2003; Werneck et al., 2009; Vitt, 1991a.

Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825 , the younger but valid name for the species, is here designated as a nomen protectum. It has precedence over the senior name Lacerta vittata Schinz, 1822 , which is here qualified as a nomen oblitum, and over the unavailable name Lacerta striata sensu Wied, 1825 (non Daudin nec sensu Merrem), which was a misidentification in the sense of the Code ( ICZN 1999: art. 49).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Teiidae

Genus

Kentropyx

Loc

Kentropyx calcarata Spix, 1825

Myers, Charles W., Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut & Vanzolini, Paulo E. 2011
2011
Loc

Kentropyx calcarata

Spix 1825
1825
Loc

Lacerta striata

sensu Wied 1825
1825
Loc

Lacerta vittata

Schinz 1822
1822
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