| Drakensberg crag lizard | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocordylus |
| Species: | P. subviridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocordylus subviridis (Smith, 1838) | |
Pseudocordylus subviridis (also known as the Drakensberg crag lizard) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small lizard found in South Africa and Lesotho. [1]
Cordylidae is a family of small to medium-sized lizards that occur in southern and eastern Africa. They are commonly known as girdled lizards, spinytail lizards, or girdle-tail lizards.
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Herbert Lang was a German zoologist.
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Lang's crag lizard, also known commonly as Lang's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa.
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Pseudocordylus melanotus or Common crag lizard or Highveld crag lizard is an ovoviviparous lizard, tolerant of temperatures no lower than -5 °C, and consequently occurring on rocky outcrops, hills and mountains throughout southern Africa. Various subspecies are found in the inland mountains of the Eastern Cape and Cape Fold Mountains, the Natal and Transvaal Drakensberg and foothills, Lesotho and Swaziland with an isolated population at Suikerbosrand, and also at the Magaliesberg which geologically is part of the Transvaal Drakensberg. The type specimen was collected by the Scots zoologist Andrew Smith in 1838 in the hills between the main branches of the Orange River east of Philippolis, Orange Free State.
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Pseudocordylus microlepidotus, the Cape crag lizard, is a species of lizard native to shrublands and grasslands of South Africa. Three subspecies have been named: Pseudocordylus microlepidotus microlepidotus, Pseudocordylus microlepidotus fasciatus, and Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis. The species is ovoviviparous. The species is protected under CITES.
Pseudocordylus transvaalensis is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small lizard found in South Africa.
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