A black girdled lizard on Table Mountain (with a millipede on its nose)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Cordylidae
Genus:
Cordylus
Species:
C. niger
Binomial name
Cordylus niger
Smith, 1844
Cordylus niger, the black girdled lizard, is a medium-sized lizard restricted to Table Mountain on the Cape Peninsula and a second, isolated population near Langebaan.
Black girdled lizards inhabit rocky outcrops on Table Mountain, South Africa. Unlike many other lizard species in the area, these particular Cordylus lizards are not social and are usually seen alone. They are spiny, flat, and pitch black in colour.
Their colour helps these unique lizards to absorb sufficient heat from the sun, in what is one of the darkest, least sunny parts of South Africa.
[2]
^Bates, M.F.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Cordylus niger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110159757A115675004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110159757A115675004.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^"Cordylus niger". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
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