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in the genus ''Ichnotropis'' are commonly called rough-scaled lizards."''Ichnotropis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid. *''

Ichnotropis bivittata ''Ichnotropis bivittata'' also known as the Angolan rough-scaled lizard , is a species of lizard found in Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, and Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Repub ...

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, 1866 - Angolan rough-scaled lizard *''

Ichnotropis capensis ''Ichnotropis capensis'' is a species of African lizard, which is native to the southern Afrotropics. It is the type species for the genus ''Ichnotropis'', and is commonly called the Cape rough-scaled lizard due to them being found in southern A ...

'' ( A. Smith, 1838) - Cape rough-scaled lizard, ornate rough-scaled lizard, Smith's rough-scaled sand lizard *''

Ichnotropis chapini ''Ichnotropis chapini'' is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Central Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''chapini'', is in honor of American ornithologist James Paul Chapin. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael ...

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, 1919 *''

Ichnotropis grandiceps ''Ichnotropis grandiceps'' is a species of African lizards in the family Lacertidae. They are commonly called Caprivi rough-scaled lizards as they are largely found in southwestern Africa on the border of the Caprivi Strip. The cape rough-scale ...

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, 1967 - Caprivi rough-scaled lizard *''

Ichnotropis microlepidota ''Ichnotropis microlepidota'' is a species of African lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is commonly called Marx's rough-scaled lizard and is largely found in Angola, Africa. ''I. microlepidota'' is a terrestrial lizard and was first discover ...

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, 1956 - Marx's rough-scaled lizard *''

Ichnotropis tanganicana ''Ichnotropis tanganicana'' also known as the Tanzanian rough-scaled lizard, is a species of lizard found in Tanzania and Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ' ...

'' Boulenger, 1917 - Tanzanian rough-scaled lizard, ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Ichnotropis''.

References

* Boulenger GA (1887). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidae, ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus ''Ichnotropis'', p. 78). * Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second Impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus ''Ichnotropis'', p. 162). * Peters W (1854). "''Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden'' ". ''Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlung der Königl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin'' 1854: 614–628. (''Ichnotropis'', new genus, p. 617). (in

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