Tropidosaura   FITZINGER, 1826

Tropidosaura   FITZINGER, 1826


          
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  • Arnold, E.N. (2002) -  History and function of scale microornamentation in lacertid lizards. -  Journal of Morphology, 252 (2): 145-169.    

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  • Bates, M.F. (1992) -  The Herpetofauna of the Orange Free State: with special emphesis on Biogeographical patterning. -  MSc Thesis, University of Natal, Bloemfontein.     

  • Bates, M.F. (2013) -  Tropidosaura cottrelli (Hewitt, 1925) Cottrell’s Mountain Lizard. -  African Herp News, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 60: 26-28.   

  • Bates, M.F. & Branch, W.R. & Bauer, A.M. & Burger, M. & Marais, J. & Alexander, G.J. & Villiers, M.S. de (eds.) (2014) -  Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. -  Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Pretoria. 485 pp.  

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  • Branch, B. (1988) -  Field guide to snakes and other reptiles of southern Africa. -  Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 328 pp.  

  • Branch, W.R. (1981) -  An annotated checklist of the lizards of the Cape Province, South Africa. -  Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums Natural History, 13 (11): 141-165.    

  • Branch, W.R. (1985) -  Geographical distribution: Tropidosaura cottrelli. -  Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 31: 26.  

  • Branch, W.R. (1993) -  A photographic guide to snakes and other reptiles of southern Africa. -  Struik Publishers, Cape Town. 144 pp.  

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  • Cunningham, M.J. & Turner, A.A. & Bates, M.F. (2014) -  Tropidosaura cottrelli (Hewitt, 1925) Cottrell’s Mountain Lizard. -  In: Bates, F.M., Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M., Burger, M., Marais, J., Alexander, G.J. & M.S. de Villiers (Eds): Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. - Sanbi, Pretoria. p. 177-178.   

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  • Edwards, S. (2013) -  Patterns and processes of adaptation in lacertid lizards to environments in southern Africa.  -  Dissertation presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Zoology) in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University, 2013. 186 S.     

  • 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.    

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  • Fitzinger, L.I. (1826) -  Neue classification der reptilien nach ihren natürlichen verwandtschaften. Nebst einer verwandtschafts-tafel und einem verzeichnisse der reptilien-sammlung des K. K. zoologischen museum`s zu Wien.  -  J. G. Heubner, Wien: 66 pp.  

  • Fitzinger, L.I. (1826) -  Description of the genera Psammodromus & Tropidosaura. -  In: “Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften”. Heubner, Wien.   

  • Fitzinger, L.I. (1843) -  II. Sectio. Coelodontes. Dum. Bibr. -  In: Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus: Amblyglossae. Braumüller & Seidl, Wien: 20-21.  

  • FitzSimons, V.F. (1943) -  The Lizards of South Africa. -  Transvaal Museum Memoir, Pretoria, South Africa, Memoir No. 1, 528 pp.   

  • FitzSimons, V.F.M. (1947) -  Descriptions of new species and subspecies of reptiles and amphibians from Natal, together with notes on some other little known species. -  Annals of the Natal Museum, 11 (1): 111-137.  

  • Gray, J.E. (1831) -  A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. -  In: Griffith, E & E. Pidgeon: The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. Volume 9. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London: 481 + 110 pp. [1830]  

  • Harris, D.J. (1999) -  Molecular systematics and evolution of lacertid lizards. -  Natura Croatica, Zagreb, 8 (3): 161-180.    

  • Harris, D.J. & Arnold, E.N. & Thomas, R.H. (1998) -  Relationships of lacertid lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology. -  Proceedings of the Royal Society, 265: 1939-1948.    

  • Hewitt, J. (1910) -  A key to the South African species of Geckonidae, Scincidae, Gerrhosauridae, and Lacertidae, together with some notes on the specific characters and a brief summary of the known of their distribution. -  Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 2: 77-115.   

  • Hewitt, J. (1925) -  On some new species of Reptiles and Amphibians from South Africa. -  Records of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, 3: 343-368.  

  • 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.  

  • Hewitt, J. (1927) -  Further descriptions of reptiles and batrachians from South Africa. -  Records of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, 3 (5): 371-415.  

  • Hipsley, C. (2012) -  Evolutionary consequences of Cenozoic climate change on African lacertid lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae). -  Ph.D. dissertation, University of California. 126 pp.    

  • Hipsley, C. & Himmelmann L. & Metzler D. & Müller J. (2009) -  Integration of Bayesian molecular clock methods and fossil-based soft bounds reveals early Cenozoic origin of African lacertid lizards. -  BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9: 151.    

  • Hipsley, C.A. & Miles, D.B. & Müller, J. (2014) -  Morphological disparity opposes latitudinal diversity gradient in lacertid lizards.  -  Biology Letters, London, 10 (5): 20140101.    

  • Kapli, P. & Poulakakis, N. & Lymberakis, P. & Mylonas, M. (2011) -  A re-analysis of the molecular phylogeny of Lacertidae with currently available data. -  Basic and Applied Herpetology, 25: 97-104.    

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  • Meiri, S. (2008) -  Evolution and ecology of lizard body sizes. -  Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17 (6): 724-734.    

  • Meyer, A. & Fras, P. le & Mucina, L. (2010) -  The biogeographical influence of the Tankwa Karoo Basin on reptile distribution in south-western South Africa. -  African Journal of Herpetology, Johannesburg, South Africa, 59 (1): 53 - 64.    

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  • Müller, J. (2001) -  Ursprung und Verwandschaft der Lacertiden - ein Blick auf den gegenwärtigen Kenntnisstand -  Die Eidechse, 12 (3): 71-79.  

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