Prickly girdled lizard

Prickly girdled lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Cordylidae
Genus:Pseudocordylus
Species: P. spinosus
Binomial name
Pseudocordylus spinosus
Fitzsimons, 1947

The prickly girdled lizard or spiny crag lizard (Pseudocordylus spinosus) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. There is ongoing debate as to whether it belongs to the genera Pseudocordylus or Cordylus.[2] It is found in Lesotho and South Africa.

References

  1. Bates, M.F. (2017). "Pseudocordylus spinosus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2017: e.T18517A110321625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T18517A110321625.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. Adolphs, K. (2010). "Cordylus spinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 December 2014.


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