Angolan girdled lizard
| Angolan girdled lizard | |
|---|---|
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| 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 | |
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 2 "Cordylus angolensis names". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- 1 2 3 4 "Cordylus angolensis BOCAGE, 1895". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ↑ "Cordylus angolensis distribution". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ↑ "Cordylus angolensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
Further reading
- Bocage JVB. 1895. Herpétologie d'Angola et du Congo. Lisbon: Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. (Imprimerie nationale, printer). xx + 203 pp. + Plates I-XIX. (Zonurus angolensis, new species, pp. 24–25). (in French).
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