Angolan girdled lizard

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Angolan girdled lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Cordylus
Species:
C. angolensis
Binomial name
Cordylus angolensis
(Bocage, 1895)[2]
Synonyms
  • Zonurus angolensis
    Bocage, 1895
  • Cordylus cordylus angolensis
    — Loveridge, 1944
  • Cordylus angolensis
    — Visser, 1971[3]

The Angolan girdled lizard (Cordylus angolensis), also known as the Angolan spiny-tailed lizard,[2] is a species of lizard in the genus Cordylus. The species is endemic to Angola, as its names testify,[3][4][5] and is ovoviviparous.[3]

Reproduction

C. angolensis is ovoviviparous,[3] meaning females keep eggs inside their bodies until ready to hatch.

References

  1. ^ Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N.; Conradie, W. (2020). "Cordylus angolensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110159200A110159225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110159200A110159225.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Cordylus angolensis names". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  3. ^ a b c d "Cordylus angolensis BOCAGE, 1895". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  4. ^ "Cordylus angolensis distribution". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Archived from the original on 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  5. ^ "Cordylus angolensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2008-01-13.

Further reading

  • Bocage JVB. 1895. Herpétologie d'Angola et du Congo. Lisbon: Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. (Imprimerie nationale, printer). xx + 203 pp. + Plates I-XIX. (Zonurus angolensis, new species, pp. 24–25). (in French).


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