Lang's crag lizard

Lang's crag lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Cordylidae
Genus:Pseudocordylus
Species: P. langi
Binomial name
Pseudocordylus langi
Loveridge, 1944

Lang's crag lizard or Lang's girdled lizard (Pseudocordylus langi ) is a species of African lizards in the family Cordylidae.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, langi, is in honor of German taxidermist Herbert Lang.[3]

Geographic range

P. langi is found in Lesotho and South Africa where it is restricted to the summit of the Drakensberg above 2,600 m (8,500 ft).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bates, M.F. & Cunningham, M.J. (2017). "Pseudocordylus langi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T18514A110321779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T18514A110321779.en. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Pseudocordylus langi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudocordylus langi, p. 150).

Further reading

  • 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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Pseudocordylus langi, p. 206).
  • Loveridge A. 1944. Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Cordylidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard 95 (1): 1-118. (Pseudocordylus langi, new species, pp. 73–74).


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