Lawrence's girdled lizard

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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]

Lawrence's girdled lizard
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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

Etymology

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

References

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  1. ^ 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. ^ 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).

Further reading

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  • 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).