Lang's crag lizard

Lang's crag lizard
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. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Pseudocordylus langi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  2. 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).

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