Lawrence's girdled lizard

Lawrence's girdled lizard
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Cordylus
Species:	C. lawrenci
Binomial name
Cordylus lawrenci (V. FitzSimons, 1939)
Synonyms
Zonurus lawrenci V. FitzSimons, 1939 Cordylus lawrenci — V. FitzSimons, 1943 Cordylus cordylus lawrenci — Loveridge, 1944 Cordylus lawrenci — Branch, 1988 Namazonurus lawrenci — Stanley et al., 2011[1]

Lawrence's girdled lizard (Cordylus lawrenci ) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.^[3]

References

1. "Namazonurus lawrenci ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Cordylus lawrenci . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 152-153).

Further reading

• Branch, Bill. 2004. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 189–190 + Plate 68).
• FitzSimons VFM. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16. (Zonurus lawrenci, new species).