Pseudocordylus transvaalensis FITZSIMONS, 1943

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Higher Taxa	Cordylidae (Cordylinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Northern Crag Lizard
Synonym	Pseudocordylus subviridis transvaalensis FITZSIMONS 1943: 469 Pseudocordylus melanotus transvaalensis — VISSER 1984 Pseudocordylus melanotus transvaalensis — BOYCOTT 1992 Pseudocordylus transvaalensis — BRANCH 1998 Platysaurus transvaalensis — MOUTON et al. 2010 (in error) Pseudocordylus transvaalensis — STANLEY et al. 2011 Pseudocordylus transvaalensis — REISSIG 2014
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Limpopo Province) Type locality: Woodbush, Pietersburg District, N. Transvaal
Reproduction	Ovoviviparous.
Types	Holotype: DNMNH (= TM), Transvaal Museum, Pretoria
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp. Boycott, R.C. 1992. An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland. The Conservation Trust of Swaziland - get paper here Branch, W. R. 1998. Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. 3rd ed. Fully Revised and Updated to Include 83 New Species. Ralph Curtis Books (Sanibel Island, Florida), 399 pp. FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp. MOUTON, P. LE FRAS N.; DAHNÉ A. JANSE VAN RENSBURG and JOHANNES H. VAN WYK 2010. Epidermal glands in cordylid lizards, with special reference to generation glands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 312–324. - get paper here Reissig, J. 2014. Girdled Lizards and Their Relatives. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, ISBN-10: 3899734378 Stanley, Edward L.; Aaron M. Bauer; Todd R. Jackman, William R. Branch, P. Le Fras N. Mouton 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58(1): 53-70. - get paper here VISSER, J. 1984. Tierboskat-geitjes kies klipperige woonplek. Akkedisse van Suider-Afrika 7. Landbouweek- blad, 27 April 1984:48–49, 51, 53
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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