Lang's crag lizard
| Lang's crag lizard | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocordylus |
| Species: | P. langi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocordylus langi Loveridge, 1944 | |
Lang's crag lizard or Lang's girdled lizard (Pseudocordylus langi ) is a species of African lizard in the family Cordylidae.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, langi, is in honor of German taxidermist Herbert Lang.[2]
Geographic range
P. langi is found in Lesotho and South Africa where it is restricted to the summit of the Drakensberg above 2,600 m (8,500 ft).[1]
References
- 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Pseudocordylus langi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ↑ 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. (Pseudocordylus langi, p. 150).
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. (Pseudocordylus langi, p. 206).
- Loveridge A. 1944. Revision of the African Lizards of the Family Cordylidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard 95 (1): 1-118. (Pseudocordylus langi, new species, pp. 73–74).
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