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Placosoma
Tschudi, 1847
(reptile)
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Entity:
Cercosaurinae (Subfamily)
..Anadia (Genus)
..Cercosaura (Genus)
..Echinosaura (Genus)
..Euspondylus (Genus)
..Gelanesaurus (Genus)
..Macropholidus (Genus)
..Neusticurus (Genus)
..Petracola (Genus)
..Pholidobolus (Genus)
..Potamites (Genus)
..Proctoporus (Genus)
..Riama (Genus)
..Placosoma (Genus)
....Placosoma cipoense (Species)
....Placosoma cordylinum (Species)
....Placosoma glabellum (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Fitzinger
ex
J.J. von Tschudi, 1847
Unavailable original name
:
Fitzinger, MSS.
Original name
:
von Tschudi, J.J. 1847.
Arch. Naturgesch.
13
(1)
: 50 ("Fitz. MSS.").
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Etymology
Greek (subst. neut.)
σῶμα
[
sôma
]
(gen.:
σώματος
), body.
Ref:
S.J. Brands, 1989-present
: 17 Nov 2016.
Gender
Neuter
Ref:
Wikimedia
: 10 Oct 2016.
[inferred]
Types
Type
:
Placosoma cordylinum
Tschudi, 1847
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Homonyms
Junior homonym (allowed)
:
Placosoma
(Genus)
Syd. (1924)
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: 2 Oct 2016.
Junior homonym
:
Placosoma
(Genus)
Ijima, 1903, nom. illeg.
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [7 Mar 2015].
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