Pseudocordylus

<i>Pseudocordylus</i>

Pseudocordylus

Genus of lizards

Pseudocordylus is a genus of small to large girdled lizards from South Africa, commonly known as crag lizards. Six species of Pseudocordylus are known; they are distinguished from girdled lizards of the genus Cordylus by the presence of granular scales on the back instead of osteoderms.

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Species

The following six species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudocordylus.

References

  1. [1]
    "Pseudocordylus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systemaik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Cordylidae.
  2. [2]
    "Pseudocordylus". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Zonuridæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Pseudocordylus, p. 259).
  • 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. SBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Psdeudocordylus, p. 205).
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