Angolan girdled lizard

The Angolan girdled lizard (Cordylus angolensis), also known as the Angolan spiny-tailed lizard,[1] is a species of lizard in the genus Cordylus. The species is endemic to Angola, as its names testify,[2][3][4] and is ovoviviparous.[2]

Angolan girdled lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Cordylus
Species:
C. angolensis
Binomial name
Cordylus angolensis
(Bocage, 1895)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zonurus angolensis
    Bocage, 1895
  • Cordylus cordylus angolensis
    — Loveridge, 1944
  • Cordylus angolensis
    — Visser, 1971[2]

Reproduction

C. angolensis is ovoviviparous,[2] meaning females keep eggs inside their bodies until ready to hatch.

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References
  1. "Cordylus angolensis names". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  2. "Cordylus angolensis BOCAGE, 1895". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  3. "Cordylus angolensis distribution". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  4. "Cordylus angolensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2008-01-13.

Further reading
  • Bocage JVB. 1895. Herpétologie d'Angola et du Congo. Lisbon: Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. (Imprimerie nationale, printer). xx + 203 pp. + Plates I-XIX. (Zonurus angolensis, new species, pp. 24–25). (in French).


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