• Lectotype designation: Salata et al., 2018: 812.
• [Misspelled as angyrensis by Santschi, 1921a: 114.]
• Finzi, 1936: 184 (m.)
• Subspecies of Plagiolepis maura: Santschi, 1921a: 114; Emery, 1921b: 208.
• Subspecies of Plagiolepis pallescens: Emery, 1925d: 21; Menozzi, 1933b: 78; Finzi, 1936: 184.
• Status as species: Tohmé, 1969a: 10; Kugler, 1988: 258; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 40; Legakis, 2011: 25; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 528; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 14; Borowiec, 2014: 145; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014: 137.
• Junior synonym of Plagiolepis pallescens: Salata et al., 2018: 812; Kirschner et al., 2023: 1168.

Obsolete combinations

• Plagiolepis maura ancyrensis

Citations

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