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Lawrence's girdled lizard

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Lawrence's girdled lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Cordylus
Species:
C. lawrenci
Binomial name
Cordylus lawrenci
Synonyms
  • Zonurus lawrenci
    V. FitzSimons, 1939
  • Cordylus lawrenci
    — V. FitzSimons, 1943
  • Cordylus cordylus lawrenci
    — Loveridge, 1944
  • Cordylus lawrenci
    — Branch, 1988
  • Namazonurus lawrenci
    — Stanley et al., 2011[1]

Lawrence's girdled lizard (Cordylus lawrenci ) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Namazonurus lawrenci ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Cordylus lawrenci . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  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 lawrenci, pp. 152-153).

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. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 189–190 + Plate 68).
  • FitzSimons VFM. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16. (Zonurus lawrenci, new species).


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