Cordylus meculae
Species of lizard
| Cordylus meculae | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Cordylus |
| Species: | C. meculae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cordylus meculae Branch, Rödel & Marais, 2005 | |
Cordylus meculae, the Mecula girdled lizard, is a third species from the Rhodesian girdled lizard complex, and was described from Mount Mecula in northern Mozambique. It lives in granite outcrops of montane grasslands and dry miombo woodland. The nostril pierces the center of the nasal scale and the head shields are rugose. The dorsal coloration is dark brown with paler infusions on the flanks. The head is almost black with yellow lips and scattered yellow flecks on the head and neck. The belly is buff colored.
References
- ^ Tolley, K.A.; Farooq, H.; Verburgt, L.; Alexander, G.J.; Conradie, W.; Raimundo, A.; Sardinha, C.I.V. (2019). "Cordylus meculae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177561A120594696. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177561A120594696.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Branch, B., 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, 399 p.
Branch, W. R., Rodel, M.-O., and Marais, J., 2005. A new species of rupicolous Cordylus Laurenti 1768 (Sauria: Cordylidae) from Northern Mozambique: African Journal of Herpetology, 54(2): 131-138. [1]
Broadley, D. G., and Branch, W. R., 2002. A review of the small east African Cordylus (Sauria: Cordylidae), with the description of a new species: African Journal of Herpetology, 51(1): 9-34.
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Extant Cordylidae species
- Transvaal grass lizard (C. aenea)
- Cape grass lizard (C. anguina)
- Large-scale grass lizard (C. macrolepis)
- Zambian grass lizard (C. miopropus)
- Cape snake lizard (C. tenuior)
- Angolan girdled lizard (C. angolensis)
- Maasai girdled lizard (C. beraduccii)
- Cape girdled lizard (C. cordylus)
- Rooiberg girdled lizard (C. imkeae)
- Limpopo girdled lizard (C. jonesii)
- Machado's girdled lizard (C. machadoi)
- Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (C. macropholis)
- Marungu girdled lizard (C. marunguensis)
- McLachlan's girdled lizard (C. mclachlani)
- Mecula girdled lizard (C. meculae)
- Western dwarf girdled lizard (C. minor)
- Kaokoveld girdled lizard (C. namakuiyus)
- Black girdled lizard (C. niger)
- Nyika girdled lizard (C. nyikae)
- Oelofsen's girdled lizard (C. oelofseni)
- N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (C. phonolithos)
- Rhodesian girdled lizard (C. rhodesianus)
- Ethiopian girdled lizard (C. rivae)
- East African spiny-tailed lizard (C. tropidosternum)
- Ukinga girdled lizard (C. ukingensis)
- Transvaal girdled lizard (C. vittifer)
- Cape cliff lizard (H. capensis)
- Dwarf cliff lizard (H. nebulosus)
- Jordan's girdled lizard (K. jordani)
- African spiny-tailed lizard (K. polyzonus)
- Campbell's girdled lizard (N. campbelli)
- Lawrence's girdled lizard (N. lawrenci)
- Namaqua girdled lizard (N. namaquensis)
- Peers’s girdled lizard (N. peersi)
- Herero girdled lizard (N. pustulatus)
- Blue-spotted girdled lizard (N. coeruleopunctatus)
- Armadillo girdled lizard (O. cataphractus)
- Attenborough's flat lizard (P. attenboroughi)
- Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi)
- Cape flat lizard (P. capensis)
- Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus)
- Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator)
- Common flat lizard (P. intermedius)
- Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis)
- Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus)
- Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor)
- Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchelli)
- Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis)
- Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus)
- Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis)
- Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis)
- Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus)
- Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus)
- Lang's crag lizard (P. langi)
- Highveld crag lizard (P. melanotus)
- Cape crag lizard (P. microlepidotus)
- Spiny crag lizard (P. spinosus)
- Drakensberg crag lizard (P. subviridis)
- Northern crag lizard (P. transvaalensis)
- Barberton girdled lizard (S. barbertonensis)
- Waterberg girdled lizard (S. breyeri)
- Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (S. depressus)
- Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus)
- Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus)
- Regal girdled lizard (S. regius)
- Swazi dragon lizard (S. swazicus)
- Van Dam's girdled lizard (S. vandami)
- Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni)
