Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: September 24th, 2023.
 
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Genus
Cordylus
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Girdled Lizards
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Eigentliche Gürtelschweife
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Bæltehaler
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1768 |  |
Cordylus Laurenti (type species: Lacerta cordylus Linnaeus 1758) |
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1820 | |
Zonurus Merrem (type species: Lacerta cordylus Linnaeus 1758; syn. Wermuth 1968) |
Contents:
22 species, of which 15 (68.2%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included the species now assigned to the genera
Karusasaurus,
Namazonurus,
Ninurta,
Ouroborus, and
Smaug.
A number of species in this genus were previously regarded as subspecies of C. cordylus.
Distribution:
E. and S. Africa.
Reported from:
Angola,
Botswana,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Eswatini,
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Lesotho,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape),
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Cordylus angolensis
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Angolan Girdled Lizard
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Angolische Gürtelschweif
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Angolansk Bæltehale
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1895 | |
Zonurus angolensis Bocage |
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Cordylus cordylus angolensis Loveridge 1944 |
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Cordylus angolensis Visser 1971 |
Distribution:
Angola.
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Cordylus beraduccii
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Maasai Girdled Lizard
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Maasai-Gürtelschweif
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Masai-bæltehale
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2002 | |
Cordylus beraduccii Broadley & Branch |
Distribution:
Kenya,
Tanzania.
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Cordylus cordylus
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Cape Girdled Lizard
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Kap-Gürtelschweif, (Zwerg-Gürtelschweif)
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Kap-bæltehale
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1758 | |
Lacerta cordylus Linnaeus |
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Stellio cordylus Daudin 1802 |
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Zonurus cordylus Gray 1845 |
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Cordylus cordylus FitzSimons 1943 |
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1768 | |
Cordylus verus Laurenti (syn. Boulenger 1885) |
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1829 | |
Cordylus dorsalis Cuvier (syn. Boulenger 1885) |
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1829 | |
Cordylus griseus Cuvier (syn. Boulenger 1885) |
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1838 | |
Zonurus vertebralis Gray (syn. Boulenger 1885) |
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1926 | |
Zonurus cordylus flavus Rose (syn. Loveridge 1944) |
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1930 | |
Zonurus cordylus tasmani Power (syn. Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton 2011) |
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Cordylus cordylus tasmani FitzSimons 1943 |
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Cordylus tasmani Broadley 1971 |
Remarks:
Taxonomic status of tasmani uncertain.
It is regarded as a synonym of cordylus herein, following Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton (2011) and Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] (2014),
pending further studies.
No subspecies recognized at present, but several other species of the genus
(angolensis, jonesii, lawrenci, minor, niger, pustulatus, rhodesianus, rivae, tasmani, tropidosternum)
were previously regarded as subspecies of cordylus.
Distribution:
Lesotho,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Western Cape).
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Cordylus imkeae
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Rooiberg Girdled Lizard
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Rooiberg-Gürtelschweif
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Rooiberg-bæltehale
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1994 | |
Cordylus imkeae Mouton & Wyk |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Stanley & al. (2011).
Distribution:
South Africa
(Northern Cape).
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Cordylus jonesii
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Limpopo Girdled Lizard
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Limpopo-Gürtelschweif
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Limpopo-bæltehale
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1891 | |
Zonurus jonesii Boulenger |
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Zonurus cordylus jonesii Power 1930 |
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Cordylus jonesii FitzSimons 1943 |
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Cordylus cordylus jonesii Loveridge 1944 |
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Cordylus tropidosternum jonesii Broadley 1971 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Stanley & al. (2011).
Introduced to:
South Africa
(Western Cape).
Distribution:
Botswana,
Eswatini,
Mozambique,
South Africa
(Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province),
Zimbabwe.
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Cordylus machadoi
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Huila Girdled Lizard, (Machado's Girdled Lizard, Kaokoveld Girdled Lizard)
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Huila-Gürtelschweif
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Huila-bæltehale
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1964 | |
Cordylus vittifer machadoi Laurent |
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Cordylus machadoi Branch 1998 |
Remarks:
Previously included the populations now assigned to namakuiyus (Stanley, Ceríaco, Bandeira, Valerio, Bates & Branch 2016).
Records from Namibia (e.g., Stanley, Ceríaco, Bandeira, Valerio, Bates & Branch 2016 [as "cf. machadoi"])
refer to a species of uncertain status (Tolley, Telford, Taft, Bates, Conradie, Makhubo & Alexander 2021).
These records are not included herein.
Formerly referred to as Kaokoveld Girdled Lizard, a name now used for namakuiyus.
Distribution:
Angola.
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Cordylus macropholis
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Large-scaled Girdled Lizard
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Grossschuppige Gürtelschweif
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Storskællet Bæltehale
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1910 | |
Zonurus macropholis Boulenger |
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Cordylus macropholis FitzSimons 1943 |
Distribution:
South Africa
(Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Cordylus marunguensis
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Marungu Girdled Lizard
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Marungu-Gürtelschweif
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Marungu-bæltehale
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2012 | |
Cordylus marunguensis Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey |
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa.
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Cordylus mclachlani
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Ceres Girdled Lizard, (McLachlan's Girdled Lizard)
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Ceres-Gürtelschweif
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Ceres-bæltehale
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1986 | |
Cordylus mclachlani Mouton |
Distribution:
South Africa
(Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Cordylus meculae
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Mecula Girdled Lizard
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Mecula-Gürtelschweif
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Mecula-bæltehale
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2005 | |
Cordylus meculae Branch, Rödel & Marais 2005 |
Distribution:
Mozambique.
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Cordylus minor
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Dwarf Girdled Lizard, Western Dwarf Girdled Lizard
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Zwerg-Gürtelschweif
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Dværgbæltehale
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1943 | |
Cordylus cordylus minor Fitzsimons |
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Cordylus minor Mouton & Wyk 1989 |
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1994 | |
Cordylus aridus Mouton & Wyk (syn. Tolley, Telford, Taft, Bates, Conradie, Makhubo & Alexander 2021) |
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1994 | |
Cordylus cloetei Mouton & Wyk (syn. Tolley, Telford, Taft, Bates, Conradie, Makhubo & Alexander 2021) |
Other common names:
aridus: Dwarf Karoo Girdled Lizard, Eastern Dwarf Girdled Lizard
cloetei: Fraserburg Girdled Lizard, (Cloete's Girdled Lizard)
Remarks:
According to the original description (Mouton & Wyk 1994), the type locality of cloeteiis in the Northern Cape,
however, the first author later placed it in the Western Cape (Mouton in Bates, Branch, Bauer, Burger, Marais, Alexander & Villiers [eds.] 2014).
The original description is herein assumed to be correct.
Distribution:
South Africa
(Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Cordylus momboloensis
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Mombolo Girdled Lizard
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Mombolo-Gürtelschweif
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Mombolo-bæltehale
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2023 | |
Cordylus momboloensis Bates, Lobón-Rovira, Stanley, Branch & Vaz Pinto |
Distribution:
Angola.
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Cordylus namakuiyus
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Kaokoveld Girdled Lizard
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Kaokoveld-Gürtelschweif
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Kaokoveld-bæltehale
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2016 | |
Cordylus namakuiyus Stanley, Ceríaco, Bandeira, Valerio, Bates & Branch |
Distribution:
Angola.
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Cordylus niger
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Black Girdled Lizard
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Schwarze Gürtelschweif
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Sort Bæltehale
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1829 | |
Cordylus niger Cuvier |
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Zonurus cordylus niger Rose 1926 |
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Cordylus cordylus niger Loveridge 1944 |
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1930 | |
Zonurus cordylus atrus Power (syn. Loveridge 1944) |
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1968 | |
Zonurus cordylus atratus Wermuth [lapsus for atrus] |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a distinct species by Mouton & van Wyk (1989).
Introduced to:
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
South Africa
(Western Cape).
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Cordylus nyikae
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Nyika Girdled Lizard
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Nyika-Gürtelschweif
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Nyika-bæltehale
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2000 | |
Cordylus nyikae Broadley & Mouton |
Remarks:
First recorded as a population of rhodesianus (Broadley 1971).
Subsequently described as nyikae (Broadley & Mouton 2000).
Distribution:
Malawi.
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Cordylus oelofseni
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Porterville Girdled Lizard, (Oelofsen's Girdled Lizard)
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Porterville-Gürtelschweif
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Porterville-bæltehale
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1990 | |
Cordylus oelofseni Mouton & Van Wyk |
Distribution:
South Africa
(Western Cape).
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Cordylus phonolithos
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N'Dolondolo Girdled Lizard
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N'Dolondolo-Gürtelschweif
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N'Dolondolo-bæltehale
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Cordylus phonolithos Marques, Ceríaco, Stanley, Bandeira, Agarwal & Bauer |
Distribution:
Angola.
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Cordylus rhodesianus
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Zimbabwe Girdled Lizard
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Zimbabwe-Gürtelschweif
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Zimbabwe-bæltehale
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1933 | |
Zonurus cordylus rhodesianus Hewitt |
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Cordylus cordylus rhodesianus FitzSimons 1943 |
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Cordylus rhodesianus Broadley 1971 |
Remarks:
A population in northern Malawi (Broadley 1971) has subsequently been described as a separate species, nyikae.
Distribution:
Mozambique,
Zimbabwe.
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Cordylus rivae
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Ethiopian Girdled Lizard
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Äthiopische Gürtelschweif
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Etiopisk Bæltehale
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1896 | |
Zonurus rivae Boulenger |
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Cordylus cordylus rivae Loveridge 1944 |
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Cordylus rivae Visser 1971 |
Distribution:
Ethiopia.
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Cordylus tropidosternum
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Tropical Girdled Lizard
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Tropische Gürtelschweif, Zwerg-Gürtelschweif
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Tropisk Bæltehale
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1869 | |
Zonurus tropidosternum Cope |
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Cordylus tropidosternum Mertens 1938 |
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Cordylus cordylus tropidosternum Loveridge 1944 |
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1889 | |
Zonurus frenatus Pfeffer (syn. Loveridge 1944) |
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1934 | |
Zonurus parkeri Cott (syn. Loveridge 1944) |
Remarks:
Treated as a distinct species by Branch (1988). Previously included jonesii.
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Cordylus ukingensis
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Ukinga Girdled Lizard, Ukinga Spiny-tailed Lizard
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Ukinga-Gürtelschweif
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Ukinga-bæltehale
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1932 | |
Zonurus ukingensis Loveridge |
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Cordylus ukingensis Loveridge 1944 |
Distribution:
Tanzania.
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Cordylus vittifer
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Transvaal Girdled Lizard, Common Girdled Lizard
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Transvaal-Gürtelschweif
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Transvaal-bæltehale
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1887 | |
Zonurus vittifer Reichenow |
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Zonurus cordylus vittifer Roux 1907 |
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Cordylus vittifer Loveridge 1944 |
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1910 | |
Zonurus tropidogaster Boulenger (syn. Loveridge 1944) |
Remarks:
Previously included machadoi. Records from Angola and Namibia refer to machadoi (Branch 1998; Griffin 2003; Laurent 1964; Wermuth 1968).
Distribution:
Botswana,
Eswatini,
Mozambique,
South Africa
(Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
North West Province).
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