Calotes megapogon Dumeril & Bibron 1837 ...

• Main Authors: Dondorp, Esther, Denzer, Wolfgang
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Squamata; Agamidae; Calotes; Calotes megapogon; Esther; Triton; Triton Bay
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10572588; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10572588

Calotes megapogon Duméril & Bibron, 1837: 419 = Hypsilurus megapogon (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) Syntypes: RMNH. RENA.3048, male, Lobo, New Guinea, coll. Müller 1828; RMNH. RENA.3049, male, same locality assumed, coll. Müller & Macklot 1828. Type locality: “im hohen Wald“ [in the high (primary) forest]) near Lobo, Triton Bay, New Guinea Remarks: The type status and nomenclature of the Naturalis specimens of Calotes megapogon are discussed in detail in Denzer & Dondorp (2023b). Briefly, the name Calotes megapogon was published as a synonym of Lophyrus dilophus (comb. nov. pro Tiaris dilophus Duméril & Bibron, 1836) by Duméril & Bibron (1837). In a later publication by Gray (1845) made the name megapogon available for nomenclatural purposes in accordance with Art. 11.6.1 of the Code (IZCN 1999) in the new combination Tiaris megapogon. Comparison of the Naturalis specimens with the holotype by monotypy of Tiaris dilophus Duméril & Bibron, 1836 revealed that they belong to different ... : Published as part of Dondorp, Esther & Denzer, Wolfgang, 2024, Annotated catalogue of acrodont lizard types in the collection of the Naturalis Biodiverstity Center (Squamata: Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae), pp. 65-79 in Zootaxa 5403 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10561558 ...