Lawrence's girdled lizard
| Lawrence's girdled lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Namazonurus |
| Species: | N. lawrenci
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| Binomial name | |
| Namazonurus lawrenci (V. FitzSimons, 1939)
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Lawrence's girdled lizard (Namazonurus lawrenci) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.[4]
Description
[edit]N. lawrencei is small, thin, and flat for its genus. Dorsally, it is dark brown. Ventrally, it is brownish gray to whitish. Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.5–7.0 cm (2.6–2.8 in).[5]
Geographic range
[edit]N. lawrenci is found in the Richtersveld in the province of Northern Cape, South Africa.[1][2][5]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of N. lawrenci are rocky areas and shrubland, at altitudes of 250–1,375 m (820–4,511 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]N. lawrenci is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bates, M.F.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Namazonurus lawrenci ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110161343A115675971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110161343A115675971.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Namazonurus lawrenci at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Cordylus lawrenci . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 152).
- ^ a b Branch, Bill (2004).
Further reading
[edit]- Bauer AM, Branch WR (2003). "The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa". Herpetological Natural History 8: 11–160.
- 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". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20 (1): 5–16. (Zonurus lawrenci, new species).
- Stanley EL, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Branch WR, Mouton PLFN (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 53–70. (Namazonurus lawrenci, new combination).
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