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Armadillo girdled lizard
Armadillo girdled lizards in Wuppertal Zoo
Conservation status
Armadillo girdled lizard
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Ouroborus
Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Mouton, 2011
Species:
O. cataphractus
Binomial name
Ouroborus cataphractus
(F. Boie, 1828)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cordylus cataphractus
    F. Boie, 1828
  • Zonurus cataphractus
    — Gray, 1831
  • Cordylus nebulosus
    A. Smith, 1838
  • Zonurus cataphractus
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Ouroborus cataphractus
    — Stanley et al., 2011

The armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus),[2] also commonly known as the armadillo lizard, the armadillo spiny-tailed lizard, and the golden-armadillo lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to desert areas along the western coast of South Africa.[3] In 2011, it was moved to its own genus based on molecular phylogeny, but formerly it was included in the genus Cordylus.[2][4]

  1. ^ Tolley, K.A.; Alexander, G.J.; Pietersen, D.; Conradie, W.; Weeber, J. (2022). "Ouroborus cataphractus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T5333A197397829. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Species Ouroborus cataphractus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ark was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Stanley, Edward L.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd R.; Branch, William R.; Mouton, P. Le Fras N. (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (1): 53–70. (Ouroborus cataphractus, new combination).

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