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Cordylus cordylus information


Cape girdled lizard
At Mountain Zebra N.P., Eastern Cape
Conservation status
Cordylus cordylus
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Cordylus
Species:
C. cordylus
Binomial name
Cordylus cordylus
Linnaeus, 1758

Cordylus cordylus, the Cape girdled lizard, is a medium-sized lizard indigenous to the southern Cape region of South Africa, where it inhabits crags, rocky outcrops and mountain summits. They evade predators by wedging themselves firmly in rock cracks.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Bates, M.F.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Cordylus cordylus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110159331A115674365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110159331A115674365.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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