Rooiberg girdled lizard

Rooiberg 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:	Cordylus
Species:	C. imkeae
Binomial name
Cordylus imkeae Mouton & Van Wyk, 1994

The Rooiberg girdled lizard (Cordylus imkeae) is a species of small, spiny lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, imkeae, is in honor of German biologist Imke Cordes. ^[3]

Geographic range

C. imkeae is found in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. imkei is rocky areas of shrubland. ^[1]

Description

Adults of C. imkeae usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.0–6.5 cm (1.6–2.6 in). ^[4]

Reproduction

C. imkei is ovoviviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Bates, M.F.; Tolley, K.A.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Cordylus imkeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T110159395A197422367. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110159395A197422367.en . Retrieved 26 April 2024.
2. Cordylus imkeae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cordylus imkeae, p. 129).
4. 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 imkeae, p. 191 + Plate 104).

Further reading

• Mouton PLFN, Van Wyk JH (1994). "Taxonomic status of geographical isolates in the Cordylus minor complex (Reptilia: Cordylidae): A description of three new species". Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa43: 6–18. (Cordylus imkeae, new species).
• 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.
• Stanley EL, Bauer AM, Jackmann TR, Branch WR, Mouton PLFN (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdles lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution58 (1): 53–70.