Angolan girdled lizard

Angolan girdled lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
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]

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]

Reproduction

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Cordylus angolensis names". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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. Retrieved 2008-01-13.

Further reading


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