Lawrence's girdled lizard

Lawrence's girdled lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Namazonurus
Species:
N. lawrenci
Binomial name
Namazonurus lawrenci
Synonyms[2]
  • 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

Lawrence's girdled lizard (Namazonurus lawrenci) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Etymology

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The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.[4]

Description

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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

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N. lawrenci is found in the Richtersveld in the province of Northern Cape, South Africa.[1][2][5]

Habitat

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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

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N. lawrenci is ovoviviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Species Namazonurus lawrenci at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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).
  5. ^ a b Branch, Bill (2004).

Further reading

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  • 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).