Cordylus marunguensis

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Cordylus marunguensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Cordylus
Species:
C. marunguensis
Binomial name
Cordylus marunguensis
Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg, & Bursey, 2012

Cordylus marunguensis, the Marungu girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small, spiny lizard found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

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References

  1. Kusamba, C. (2021). "Cordylus marunguensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T110159609A110159614. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Cordylus marunguensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.