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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Cordylidae
Bibliography of the genus Hemicordylus
Biodiversity of the family Cordylidae








Genus
Hemicordylus

Western Crag Lizards, Cliff Lizards, (False Girdled Lizards)

Westliche Spalten-Gürtelschweife

Sydvestafrikanske Spalteøgler

1838 Hemicordylus Smith (type species: Cordylus capensis Smith 1838)
Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Pseudocordylus (e.g., Wermuth 1968). Revalidated by Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton (2011).
Distribution: South Africa (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape).

Hemicordylus capensis

Graceful Crag Lizard, Cape Cliff Lizard

Kap-Spalten-Gürtelschweif

Kap-spalteøgle

1838 Cordylus capensis Smith
Zonurus capensis Duméril & Bibron 1839
Pseudocordylus capensis Loveridge 1944
Hemicordylus capensis Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton 2011
1921 Zonurus robertsi Van Dam (Branch 1988)
Cordylus capensis robertsi FitzSimons 1943
Pseudocordylus robertsi Loveridge 1944

Distribution: South Africa (Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape).


Hemicordylus nebulosus

Dwarf Crag Lizard, Dwarf Cliff Lizard

Zwerg-Spalten-Gürtelschweif

Lille Spalteøgle

1995 Pseudocordylus nebulosus Mouton & Wyk
Cordylus nebulosus Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001
Hemicordylus nebulosus Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton 2011

Distribution: South Africa (Western Cape).