Cordylus ukingensis (LOVERIDGE, 1932)
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Cordylus ukingensis
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| Higher Taxa | Cordylidae (Cordylinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Ukinga Girdled Lizard G: Ukinga-Gürtelschweif |
| Synonym | Zonurus ukingensis LOVERIDGE 1932: 378 Cordylus ukingensis — LOVERIDGE 1944 Cordylus ukingensis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 19 Cordylus ukingensis — ADOLPHS 2006 Cordylus ukingensis — STANLEY et al. 2011 Cordylus ukingensis — SPAWLS et al 2018: 212 |
| Distribution | Tanzania Type locality: Tandala, Ukinga, Tanzania. |
| Reproduction | Ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 30761 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Agrees with the cordylus group in having the fronto- nasal separated from the rostral by the nasals, absence of occipital spines and supranasal, the nostril being in a large nasal, a scaly lower eyelid, large lateral scales, a frontonasal, nasal not strongly swollen. It differs from all of the cordylus group in lacking a loreal which is correlated with the presence of an enormous preocular; also in its possession of sharply keeled temporals and obtusely keeled ventrals. It also differs from Z. c. jonesi in the much greater development of mucros and keels on all parts of the body. It also differs from Z. c. cordylus in the short blunt head which is not so depressed and in the reticulate ribbing of the dorsal scales which it shares with Z. c. jonesi.” (Loveridge 1932: 378) |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in GREENBAUM et al. 2012. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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