Machadoe's girdled lizard

Machadoe's girdled lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Cordylus
Species:	C. machadoi
Binomial name
*Cordylus machadoi*

Machadoe's girdled lizard (Cordylus machadoi) is a flattened girdled lizard from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. They are found as solitary individuals or in pairs on rock outcrops in arid savannah. It can be identified, along with Cordylus vittifer, by have an elongate first row of dorsal scales. Machadoe’s girdled lizard is uniform yellow brown above and paler below. The head is dark brown with pale lips. The pale vertebral stripe found in the Cordylus vittifer is not present. Adults reach 78 mm in length from snout to vent.

References

Branch, B., 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, 399 p.

Extant Cordylidae species

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata

Chamaesaura	Cape grass lizard (C. anguina) Large-scale grass lizard (C. macrolepis) Transvaal grass lizard (C. aenea)

Cordylus	African spiny-tailed lizard (C. polyzonus) Angolan girdled lizard (C. angolensis) Armadillo girdled lizard (C. cataphractus) Barberton girdled lizard (C. barbertonensis) Black girdled lizard (C. niger) Blue-spotted girdled lizard (C. coeruleopunctatus) Campbell's girdled lizard (C. campbelli) Cape girdled lizard (C. cordylus) Cloete's girdled lizard (C. cloetei) Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (C. macropholis) Mecula girdled lizard (C. meculae) C. nyikae C. rivae Drakensberg crag lizard (C. subviridis) Dwarf crag lizard (C. nebulosus) Dwarf girdled lizard (C. minor) Dwarf Karoo girdled lizard (C. aridus) East African spiny-tailed lizard (C. tropidosternum) Eastern Cape crag lizard (C. fasciatus) False girdled lizard (C. capensis) Herero girdled lizard (C. pustulatus) Hewitt's spiny-tailed lizard (C. peersi) Highveld crag lizard (C. melanotus) Jordan's girdled lizard (C. jordani) Lang's crag lizard (C. langi) Lawrence's girdled lizard (C. lawrenci) Limpopo girdled lizard (C. jonesii) Maasai girdled lizard (C. beraduccii) Machado's girdled lizard (C. machadoi) McLachlan's girdled lizard (C. mclachlani) Mozambique girdled lizard (C. mossambicus) Namaqua girdled lizard (C. namaquensis) Northern crag lizard (C. transvaalensis) Oelofsen's girdled lizard (C. oelofseni) Prickly girdled lizard (C. spinosus) Rhodesian girdled lizard (C. rhodesianus) Rooiberg girdled lizard (C. imkeae) Tasman's girdled lizard (C. tasmani) Transvaal girdled lizard (C. vittifer) Ukinga girdled lizard (C. ukingensis) Van Dam's girdled lizard (C. vandami) Warren's girdled lizard (C. warreni) Waterberg girdled lizard (C. breyeri) Western Cape crag lizard (C. microlepidotus) Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (C. depressus)

Platysaurus	Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi) Cape flat lizard (P. capensis) Common flat lizard (P. intermedius) Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus) Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator) Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis) Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchchelli) Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus) Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis) Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis) Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis) Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus) Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus) Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus) Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor)

Pseudocordylus	Lang's crag lizard (P. langi) Prickly girdled lizard (P. spinosus) P. capensis P. melanotus P. microlepidotus P. nebulosus

Smaug	S. breyeri Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus) Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus) S. regius S. vandami Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni): S. w. barbertonensis S. w. depressus S. w. warreni

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