Lawrence's girdled lizard
Appearance
Lawrence's girdled lizard | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Cordylidae |
Genus: | Namazonurus |
Species: | N. lawrenci
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Binomial name | |
Namazonurus lawrenci (V. FitzSimons, 1939)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Lawrence's girdled lizard (Namazonurus lawrenci) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Bates, M.F.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Namazonurus lawrenci ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110161343A115675971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110161343A115675971.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Species Namazonurus lawrenci at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Cordylus lawrenci . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 152).
Further reading
[edit]- 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 lawrenci, pp. 189–190 + Plate 68).
- FitzSimons VFM (1939). "Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20 (1): 5–16. (Zonurus lawrenci, new species).