Pseudocordylus
Genus of lizards
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::summary Genus of lizards ::
| name = Crag lizards | image = Highveld Crag Lizard (Pseudocordylus melanotus) male (32156537260).jpg | image_caption = P. melanotus in western Eswatini | taxon = Pseudocordylus | authority = A. Smith, 1838
Pseudocordylus is a genus of small to large girdled lizards from South Africa, commonly known as crag lizards. Six species of Pseudocordylus are known; they are distinguished from girdled lizards of the genus Cordylus by the presence of granular scales on the back instead of osteoderms.
Species
The following six species are recognized as being valid.
- Pseudocordylus langi Loveridge, 1944 – Lang's crag lizard
- Pseudocordylus melanotus (A. Smith, 1838) – common crag lizard
- Pseudocordylus microlepidotus (Cuvier, 1829) – Cape crag lizard
- Pseudocordylus spinosus V. FitzSimons, 1947 – spiny crag lizard
- Pseudocordylus subviridis (A. Smith, 1838) – Drakensberg crag lizard
- Pseudocordylus transvaalensis V. FitzSimons, 1943 – northern crag lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudocordylus.
References
References
- "''Pseudocordylus'' ". ''Dahms Tierleben''. www.dahmstierleben.de/systemaik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Cordylidae.
- {{EMBL genus
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