Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
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Genus
Pseudocordylus
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Eastern Crag Lizards, False Girdled Lizards
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Östliche Spalten-Gürtelschweife, Falsche Gürtelschweife
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Sydøstafrikanske Spalteøgler, Uægte Bæltehaler
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Pseudocordylus Smith (type species: Cordylus montanus Smith 1838) |
Contents:
6 species, of which 3 (50.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Hemicordylus. Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus (2001) regarded
Pseudocordylus as a synonym of
Cordylus, followed by some authors (e.g., Bourquin 2004), but this taxonomical revision has received limited support (Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton 2011).
Distribution:
Eswatini,
Lesotho,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Pseudocordylus langi
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Lesotho Crag Lizard, (Lang's Crag Lizard)
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Lesotho-Spalten-Gürtelschweif
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Lesotho-spalteøgle
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Pseudocordylus langi Loveridge |
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Cordylus langi Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001 |
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Distribution:
Lesotho,
South Africa
(Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal).
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Pseudocordylus melanotus
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Common Crag Lizard, Highveld Crag Lizard
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Gewöhnliche Spalten-Gürtelschweif
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Almindelig Spalteøgle
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Cordylus melanotus Smith |
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Pseudocordylus microlepidotus melanotus Loveridge 1944 |
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Pseudocordylus melanotus Visser 1984 |
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Remarks:
Previously included subviridis.
Distribution:
Eswatini,
South Africa
(Free State,
Gauteng,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Limpopo,
Mpumalanga,
Northern Cape).
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Pseudocordylus microlepidotus
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Cape Crag Lizard, Leathery Crag Lizard
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Kleinschuppige Spalten-Gürtelschweif
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Finskællet Spalteøgle
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1829 | ![](DIV/Blank_10x5.gif) |
Cordylus microlepidotus Cuvier |
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Zonurus microlepidotus Gray 1831 |
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Pseudocordylus microlepidotus Boulenger 1885 |
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Zonurus witti Schlegel (Boulenger 1885) |
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Cordylus algoensis Smith (Loveridge 1944) |
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Cordylus fasciatus Smith (Branch 1988) |
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Pseudocordylus fasciatus Hewitt 1927 |
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Pseudocordylus microlepidotus fasciatus FitzSimons 1943 |
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Cordylus montanus Smith (Boulenger 1885) |
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Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis Hewitt |
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Cordylus microlepidotus namaquensis Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001 |
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Other common names:
fasciatus: Karoo Crag Lizard
namaquensis: Nuweveldberg Crag Lizard
Distribution:
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
Northern Cape,
Western Cape).
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Pseudocordylus spinosus
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Spiny Crag Lizard
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Dornige Spalten-Gürtelschweif
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Tornet Spalteøgle
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Pseudocordylus spinosus Fitzsimons |
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Cordylus spinosus Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001 |
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Distribution:
South Africa
(Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal).
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Pseudocordylus subviridis
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Drakensberg Crag Lizard
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Drakensberg-Spalten-Gürtelschweif
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Drakensberg-spalteøgle
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Cordylus sub-viridis Smith |
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Pseudocordylus subviridis Hewitt 1927 |
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Pseudocordylus microlepidotus subviridis FitzSimons 1937 |
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Pseudocordylus melanotus subviridis Visser 1984 |
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Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of melanotus (e.g., Visser 1984).
Revalidated as a separate species by Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton (2011).
Distribution:
Lesotho,
South Africa
(Eastern Cape,
Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal).
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Pseudocordylus transvaalensis
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Northern Crag Lizard
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Nördliche Spalten-Gürtelschweif
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Nordlig Spalteøgle
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Pseudocordylus subviridis transvaalensis Fitzsimons |
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Pseudocordylus melanotus transvaalensis Visser 1984 |
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Pseudocordylus transvaalensis Branch 1998 |
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Cordylus transvaalensis Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001 |
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Distribution:
South Africa
(Limpopo).
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