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Issue: Vol. 44 No. 1: 26 Mar. 2026
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Published: 2026-03-26
DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.44.1.1
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Etymology of nomina of amphibians and reptiles of Mayotte (Indian Ocean)

Association RACINE; 5 allée des Cygnes; 35750 Saint-Maugan; France
Etymology Mayotte Indian Ocean Anura Squamata Testudinata Flexiseps Furcifer pollenii Lycodryas maculata

Abstract

We provide a catalogue of 21 generic nomina and 30 species or subspecies epithets of amphibians and reptiles of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, with some nomenclatural consequences that result from our observations, especially for "Flexiseps" (unavailable), Furcifer pollenii (misspelled) and Lycodryas maculata (incorrect grammatical agreement). In order to solve some nomenclatural problems, we had to resort to 11 Articles of the Code (8.5‒6, 11.8, 28, 30.1.1‒3, 30.1.4.2–3, 30.2.4, 33.4) and to 34 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.

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