Tetradactylus

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.

Tetradactylus africanus Gray, 1838 – African long-tailed seps
Tetradactylus breyeri Roux, 1907 – Breyer's long-tailed seps, vulnerable (VU)
Tetradactylus eastwoodae Hewitt & Methuen, 1913 – Eastwood's long-tailed seps, extinct (EX)
Tetradactylus ellenbergeri (Angel, 1922) – Ellenberger's long-tailed seps
Tetradactylus fitzsimonsi (Hewitt, 1915) – Fitzsimons's long-tailed seps
Tetradactylus seps (Linnaeus, 1758) – short-legged seps
Tetradactylus tetradactylus (Daudin, 1802) – long-toed seps
Tetradactylus udzungwensis Salvidio, Menegon, Sindaco & Moyer, 2004 – Udzungwa long-tailed seps

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

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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (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).

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