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Lizards (Sauria)    Genera Chamaesaura African Grass Lizards Cordylus Girdled Lizards Hemicordylus Western Crag Lizards Karusasaurus Karoo Girdled Lizards Namazonurus Namaqua Girdled Lizards Ninurta Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard Ouroborus Armadillo Girdled Lizard Platysaurus Flat Lizards Pseudocordylus Eastern Crag Lizards Smaug Dragon Girdled Lizards

Biodiversity of the family Cordylidae Bibliography of the family Cordylidae Cordylidae Girdled Lizards Gürtelechsen     Bælteøgler Contents:  67 species of which 40 (59.7%) are endemic - 10 genera of which 3 (30.0%) are endemic (as of December 31st, 2018). Remarks: Previously included the subfamily Gerrhosaurinae, now considered a separate family, Gerrhosauridae (see remarks under that family). Distribution:  SubSaharan Africa. Reported from: Angola, Botswana, Congo-Kinshasa, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.