Lang's crag lizard

Lang's crag lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Pseudocordylus
Species:	P. langi
Binomial name
Pseudocordylus langi Loveridge, 1944
Synonyms [2]
Cordylus langi (Loveridge, 1944)

Lang's crag lizard (Pseudocordylus langi), also known commonly as Lang's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa. ^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, langi, is in honor of German taxidermist Herbert Lang. ^[3]

Geographic range

P. langi is found in Lesotho and South Africa where it is restricted to the summit of the Drakensberg at altitudes of 2,700–3,100 m (8,900–10,200 ft). ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. langi is grassland. ^[1]

Reproduction

P. langi is ovoviviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Bates, M.F.; Cunningham, M.J. (2018). "Pseudocordylus langi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T18514A115652558. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T18514A115652558.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Species Pseudocordylus langi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudocordylus langi, p. 150).

Further reading

• Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN   0-88359-042-5. (Pseudocordylus langi, p. 206).
• Broadley DG (1964). "A Review of the Crag Lizards (Genus Pseudocordylus) of Natal". Annals of the Natal Museum16: 99–110.
• Loveridge A (1944). "Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Cordylidae". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard95 (1): 1–118. (Pseudocordylus langi, new species, pp. 73–74).
• Reissig J (2014). Girdled Lizards and their relatives: Natural History, Captive Care and Breeding. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 249 pp. ISBN   978-3899734379.