| Northern crag lizard | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocordylus |
| Species: | P. transvaalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocordylus transvaalensis FitzSimons, 1943 | |
Pseudocordylus transvaalensis (also known as the northern crag lizard) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small lizard found in South Africa. [2]
The genus Cordylus includes a wide variety of species of small to medium spiny lizards from Africa, collectively called girdle-tailed lizards or girdled lizards. All are diurnal and ovoviviparous. Most species are rupicolous (rock-dwelling), while a few species are arboreal or live in burrows. They defend themselves with osteoderms and by quickly retreating into rock crevices or burrows. Many species live in groups, and males defend territories.
Platysaurus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as flat lizards for their flat backs, in the family Cordylidae.
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.
The southern boubou is a bushshrike. Though these passerine birds and their relations were once included with true shrikes in the Laniidae, they are not closely related to that family.
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.
Hemicordylus nebulosus is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family. It is endemic to South Africa on the mist belt of northern slope of the hotten-totshooland mountains. The scientific name, H. Nebulosus means cloud or dark crag lizard. The name was given due to the melanistic body color. Other names include the dawrf cliff lizard, dawrf crag lizard, dark crag lizard and the cloudy crag lizard.
The spiny crag lizard or prickly girdled lizard is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae.
Xenocalamus transvaalensis is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae. The species is endemic to Africa. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
Erythrophysa transvaalensis is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is a protected tree in South Africa. It is found in Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its range is disjunct however, so that suggestions have been made that its seeds were formerly employed as beads, which assisted its dispersal along ancient trade routes.
The orange-throated flat lizard is a species of lizard in the Cordylidae family.
The false girdled lizard is a lizard species endemic to the Cape Fold Belt of southern South Africa.
Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons, born in Pietermaritzburg, was a notable herpetologist in South Africa. Also, he contributed to the collection of spermatophyte samples for the National Herbarium which has become part of the South African National Biodiversity Institute at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden. In 1937, together with Anna Amelia Obermeyer, he collected some of the earliest plant specimens from the Eastern Highlands of Rhodesia.
Pseudocordylus melanotus, also known as the common crag lizard or Highveld crag lizard, is a species of lizard found in Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa. Pseudocordylus subviridis is considered a distinct species by the Reptile Database, but a subspecies of Pseudocordylus melanotus by IUCN.
Plasmodium intabazwe is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Lacertamoeba.
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.
The Rooiberg girdled lizard is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small, spiny lizard found in South Africa.
Oelofsen's girdled lizard is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small, spiny lizard found in South Africa.
Peers's girdled lizard or Peers's Nama lizard is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small, spiny lizard found in South Africa.
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.
Smaug barbertonensis is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small lizard found in eastern South Africa and Eswatini.
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