Lawrence's girdled lizard

Lawrence's girdled 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:	Namazonurus
Species:	N. lawrenci
Binomial name
Namazonurus lawrenci (V. FitzSimons, 1939)
Synonyms [2]
Zonurus lawrenci V. FitzSimons, 1939 Cordylus lawrenci — V. FitzSimons, 1943 Cordylus cordylus lawrenci — Loveridge, 1944 Cordylus lawrenci — Branch, 1988 Namazonurus lawrenci — Stanley et al., 2011

Lawrence's girdled lizard (Namazonurus lawrenci) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. ^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence. ^[4]

Description

N. lawrencei is small, thin, and flat for its genus. Dorsally, it is dark brown. Ventrally, it is brownish gray to whitish. Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.5–7.0 cm (2.6–2.8 in). ^[5]

Geographic range

N. lawrenci is found in the Richtersveld in the province of Northern Cape, South Africa. ^{[1] [2] [5]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of N. lawrenci are rocky areas and shrubland, at altitudes of 250–1,375 m (820–4,511 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

N. lawrenci is ovoviviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Bates, M.F.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Namazonurus lawrenci ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T110161343A115675971. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110161343A115675971.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Species Namazonurus lawrenci at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Cordylus lawrenci . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
4. 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. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 152).
5. Branch, Bill (2004).

Further reading

• Bauer AM, Branch WR (2003). "The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa". Herpetological Natural History8: 11–160.
• 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. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 189–190 + Plate 68).
• FitzSimons VFM (1939). "Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum20 (1): 5–16. (Zonurus lawrenci, new species).
• Stanley EL, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Branch WR, Mouton PLFN (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution58: 53–70. (Namazonurus lawrenci, new combination).