Lang's crag lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocordylus |
| Species: | P. langi
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| Pseudocordylus langi Loveridge, 1944
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Lang's crag lizard or Lang's girdled lizard (Pseudocordylus langi ) is a species of African lizards in the family Cordylidae.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, langi, is in honor of German taxidermist Herbert Lang.[3]
Geographic range
P. langi is found in Lesotho and South Africa where it is restricted to the summit of the Drakensberg above 2,600 m (8,500 ft).[2]
References
- ^ Bates, M.F.; Cunningham, M.J. (2017). "Pseudocordylus langi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. IUCN: e.T18514A110321779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T18514A110321779.en. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Pseudocordylus langi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ^ 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. (Pseudocordylus langi, p. 150).
Further reading
- 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. (Pseudocordylus langi, p. 206).
- Loveridge A. 1944. Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Cordylidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard 95 (1): 1-118. (Pseudocordylus langi, new species, pp. 73–74).
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