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
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-04-01
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journal article
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Cordylus meculae
Branch, Rödel & Marais, 2005
African Journal of Herpetology, 54(2):132;
Figs. 1–2
.
Holotype
:
PEM
R16166; summit rock outcrops of Serra Mecula (
12°03’11”S
,
37°38’49”E
;
1029 m
a.s.l.
),
Niassa
Game Reserve
,
Niassa Province
,
Mozambique
;
W.R. Branch
,
M.O. Rödel
and
J. Marais
,
27 October 2003
.
Paratypes
(8): a)
PEM
R16163 (male
allotype
), R16164–5; same data as holotype. b
)
PEM
R16180,
16184
[wrongly listed in as R
16182
in type description], Serra Mecula (
12°02’25”S
,
37°38’32”E
; approx.
1200 m
a.s.l.
);
29 October 2003
. c)
PEM
R16198; Serra Mecula (
12°03’30”S
,
37°38’22”E
; approx.
1100 m
a.s.l.
);
31 October 2003
. d)
PEM
R16202–3
; western slopes of Serra Mecula (
12°02’46”S
,
37°37’21”E
;
643 m
a.s.l.
);
1 November 2003
. All collected by W.R. Branch, M.O. Rödel and J. Marais.
Remarks
. All with ventral incisions except for the
holotype
and two
paratypes
(PEM R16180 & 16184).