South Africa and Lesotho / Drakensberg. 

Species:

Tropidosaura cottrelli  (HEWITT, 1925)

Synonyms:

Basutosaura cottrelli   HEWITT, 1925

Tropidosaura cottrelli   FITZSIMONS, 1943

Common names:

Cottrell’s Mountain Lizard (English)
Cottrell’s Süd-Gebirgseidechse (German)

Types:

Holotype: PEM R16093; (formerly AMG, fide FITZSIMONS 1943: 309)

Terra Typica:

`Nemahedi Camp`, Drakensberg, Lesotho.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

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

  • 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.