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Issue: Vol. 43 No. 3: 22 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-22
DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.43.3.5
Page range: 92-110
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Etymology of nomina and bibliography of reptiles of the Scattered Islands (Indian Ocean)

Association RACINE; 5 allée des Cygnes; 35750 Saint-Maugan; France
Etymology Scattered Islands Îles Éparses Indian Ocean Testudinata Squamata Flexiceps Furcifer pollenii

Abstract

We provide a catalogue of 12 generic nomina and 19 species or subspecies epithets of reptiles of the Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses in French) in the Indian Ocean, with some nomenclatural consequences that result from our observations, especially for "Flexiceps" (not validly published) and Furcifer pollenii (misspelled). In order to solve some nomenclatural problems, we had to resort to 11 Articles of the Code (8.5‒6, 11.8, 28, 30.1‒3, 30.1.4.2, 30.2.3‒4, 33.4) and to 37 technical nomenclatural terms. Once again, this highlights the fact that nomenclatural problems concerning ancient nomina cannot be properly dealt with in a hurry and without a good, but also critical, knowledge of the Code, and that the use of a more detailed terminology than that of the Code facilitates such a work. Finally, to prepare this paper we began by compiling a bibliography as exhautive as possible. This bibliographical list is presented in Appendix 1.

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