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 Tropical Girdled Lizard,
Cordylus tropidosternum |
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Cordylidae is a family of mid-sized lizards that inhabits Madagascar and eastern Africa. common namedwarf sungazer The East African Spiny-tailed Lizard ( Cordylus tropidosternum) also known as the Tropical Girdled Lizard, is an arboreal or rupicolous Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Squamata (scaled reptiles is the largest recent order of Reptiles including Lizards and Snakes Members of the order are distinguished by Leopold Joseph Franz Johann Fitzinger ( April 13, 1802 - September 20, 1884) was an Austrian Zoologist. Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern The family is mostly terrestrial and insectivorous. An insectivore is a type of carnivore with a diet that consists chiefly of Insects and similar small creatures They have rows of plated or spiny scales which cover their body. They are commonly known as the Spinytail lizards or Girdletailed lizards. [1]
Classification
- Subfamily Chamaesaurinae
- Genus Chamaesaura
- Subfamily Cordylinae
- Genus Cordylus
- Genus Platysaurus
- Genus Pseudocordylus
References
- ^ "Cordylidae. The Chamaesaura, also known as Grass Lizards, are a Genus of legless Lizards from southern and eastern Africa. The genus Cordylus (Sauria Cordylidae includes a wide variety of small to medium sized spiny lizards from Africa collectively called girdle-tailed or girdled lizards Platysaurus is a Genus of Lizards in the Cordylidae family known as flat lizards for their flat backs The Crag Lizards ( Pseudocordylus) are small to large girdled lizards from South Africa " Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007.
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