South Africa / Cedarberg in the Cape Province. 

Species:

Australolacerta australis  (HEWITT, 1926)

Synonyms:

Lacerta australis  HEWITT, 1926

Australolacerta australis  ARNOLD, 1989

Common names:

Southern Rock Lizard (English)
Süd-Felseidechse (German)

Types:

Holotype: SAM

Terra Typica:

Matroosberg, Western Cape Provinz, Südafrika


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Hewitt, J. (1926) -  Some new or little-known reptiles and batrachians from South Africa. -  Annals of the South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa, 20: 473-490.  

  • Edwards, S. & Branch, W.R. & Vanhooydonck, B. & Herrel, A. & Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. (2013) -  Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae) -  Zootaxa, 3669 (2): 101–114.    

  • Engleder, A. & Haring, E. & Kirchhof, S. & Mayer, W. (2013) -  Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences provide new insights into the phylogeny of South African Lacertids (Lacertidae, Eremiadinae). -  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 51 (2): 132-143.    

 
 
 
 
 

Australolacerta australis  © 2007 Sebastian Kirchhof