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Smith, Andrew, 1836. The characters of two new genera of South African reptiles, with descriptions of species belonging to each. Magazine of Zoology and Botany 1 (no. 2): 141-145
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The characters of two new genera of South African reptiles, with descriptions of species belonging to each. Magazine of Zoology and Botany, 1 (no. 2): 141-145. [August 1836]
Signed “By Andrew Smith, M.D., M.W.S. &c.” This issue of the journal was published in August 1836 (Evenhuis 2003). Facsimile in Branch & Bauer (2005: 61-65).
Smith described 1 genus and 4 species of reptiles: Pleurotuchus; Pleurotuchus typicus; Pleurotuchus desjardinii; Chrysopelea boieii; Chrysopelea capensis, two of which are still in use.
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