Eastwood's long-tailed seps
| Eastwood's longtailed seps | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria/Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Tetradactylus |
| Species: | T. eastwoodae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tetradactylus eastwoodae Methuen & Hewitt, 1913 | |
Eastwood's longtailed seps or Eastwood's whip lizard (Tetradactylus eastwoodae) was a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family. It was endemic to South Africa. Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It became extinct due to habitat loss.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, eastwoodae, is in honor of Miss A. Eastwood who collected the holotype.[2]
References
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Tetradactylus eastwoodae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tetradactylus eastwoodae, p. 80).
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