Nomenclatural notes on Agama spinosa Gray, 1831 and Agama aspera Daudin, 1802
Author
Denzer, Wolfgang
Society for Southeast Asian Herpetology, Calle Rio Segura 26, 30600 Archena, Spain
Author
Campbell, Patrick D.
Science Department, Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-01-22
5403
3
391
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5403.3.9
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5403.3.9
1175-5326
10562080
A26B562F-A633-4AE3-B6A4-893131FEEBA7
Agama aspera
Daudin, 1802
Holotype
(by monotypy)
:
MNHN-RA
0.2608 (2122); Ag 340 (also a syntype of
Agama spinosa
Dumeril & Bibron, 1837
), without collector
Type locality
: Cap de Bonne Espérance (
Cape
of Good Hope,
South Africa
)
Nomeclatural status
: Senior homonym of
Agama aspera
Werner, 1893
and junior subjective synonym of
Agama hispida
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
. The taxon name
Agama aspera
Daudin, 1802
is available for nomenclatural purposes.