Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata)
Author
Conradie, Werner
Author
Branch, William R.
Author
Watson, Gillian
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-01
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journal article
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Basutosaura cottrelli
Hewitt, 1925
Records of the Albany Museum, 3:356; Fig. p. 358.
Current name:
Tropidosaura cottrelli
(
Hewitt, 1925
)
Holotype
:
PEM
R16093; Nemahadi Police Camp near Mont aux Sources,
Lesotho
;
Mr. J.A. Cottrell
,
January 1925
.
Remarks.
Type description refers to a single specimen as the ‘Type’, therefore PEM R16093 is regarded as the
holotype
. The specimen has a posterior ventral incision exposing the intestines and the posterior half of tail missing, but showing signs of regeneration.