Pseudocordylus

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Crag lizards
Highveld Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus) male (32156537260).jpg
P. melanotus in western Eswatini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Pseudocordylus
A. Smith, 1838 [1]

Pseudocordylus is a genus of small to large girdled lizards from South Africa, commonly known as crag lizards. Six species of Pseudocordylus are known; they are distinguished from girdled lizards of the genus Cordylus by the presence of granular scales on the back instead of osteoderms.

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Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid. [2]

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudocordylus.

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References

  1. "Pseudocordylus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systemaik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Cordylidae.
  2. "Pseudocordylus". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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