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Cordylus minor FITZSIMONS, 1943

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Higher TaxaCordylidae (Cordylinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Dwarf Girdled Lizard
G: Zwerggürtelschweif
E: Cloete’s Girdled Lizard [cloetei]
G: Cloete’s Gürtelschweif [cloetei]
E: Eastern Dwarf Girdled Lizard, Dwarf Karoo Girdled Lizard [aridus]
G: Östlicher Zwerggürtelschweif [aridus] 
SynonymCordylus cordylus minor FITZSIMONS 1943: 458
Cordylus minor — MOUTON & VAN WYK 1989
Cordylus cloetei MOUTON & VAN WYK 1994
Cordylus aridus MOUTON & VAN WYK 1994
Cordylus minor — FROST et al. 2001
Cordylus aridus — ADOLPHS 2006
Cordylus cloetei — ADOLPHS 2006
Cordylus cloetei — STANLEY et al. 2011
Cordylus aridus — STANLEY et al. 2011
Cordylus minor — STANLEY et al. 2011
Cordylus minor — REISSIG 2014
Cordylus cloetei — REISSIG 2014
Cordylus aridus — BATES et al. 2014: 186
Cordylus minor — TOLLEY et al. 2021 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (isolated populations at Matjesfontein, Prince Albert, and near Meiringspoort)

Type locality: just north of Matjesfontein [Western Cape Province], South Africa.

aridus: Republic of South Africa (Western Cape Province); Type locality: Farm Botterkraal, Prince Albert District, Western Cape Province, South Africa, 33° 25' 22" S, 22° 05' 21" E.

cloetei: Republic of South Africa (Northern Cape Province);Type locality: Farm De Hoek, Nuweveld Mountains, Fraserburg District, South Africa, 32° 09' 31’’, S, 21°43' 17’’ E.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesSyntypes: DNMNH (= TM) 19563-19568 (6 adult males and females)
Holotype: SAM 50901, adult female. Allotype: SAM 50902, adult male. Paratypes: SAM 50903, adult female and SAM 50904, adult male [aridus]
Holotype: SAM 50893, adult male. Allotype: SAM 50894, adult female. Paratypes; SAM 50895-50896, one adult male and one adult female [cloetei] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Tolley et al. 2021 synonymized C. aridus and C. cloetei with C. minor.

NCBI taxonID: 884245 [aridus] 
EtymologyNamed after its relatively small size compared to other (sub-) species in the genus, from Latin minor (lesser). 
References
  • Adolphs, K. 2006. Bibliotheca Cordyliformium. Squamata Verlag, Sankt Augustin, 303 pp.
  • 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.
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.
  • Frost, D.; Janies, D.; Le Fras N. Mouton, P. & Titus, T. 2003. A molecular perspective on the phylogeny of the Girdled Lizards (Cordylidae, Squamata). American Museum Novitates (3310): 1-10 - get paper here
  • LOEHR, V. C. T. 2010. Der Rooiberg-Gürtelschweif, Cordylus imkeae MOUTON & VAN WYK, 1994: Freilandbeobachtungen, Pflege und Zucht. Sauria 32 (4): 53-60 - get paper here
  • Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
  • Mouton, P. Le F.N. & J.H. Van Wyk 1994. Taxonomic status of geographical isolates in the Cordylus minor complex (Reptilia: Cordylidae): A description of three new species. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa 43: 6-18. - get paper here
  • Mouton, P. le Fras N. & Wyk, Johannes H. van 1989. Cordylus minor: A valid species of South African lizard (Reptilia: Cordylidae). South African J Zoology 24 (4): 322-328. - get paper here
  • Mouton, P. le Fras N. & Wyk, Johannes H. van 1989. A Revision of the Taxonomic Status of Cordylus cordylus minor Fitzsimons, 1943 (Reptilia: Cordylidae). J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (Proceedings of the First H.A.A. Conference, Editor: Branch, William R.) (Humewood), 36: 78. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Tolley, Krystal A; Nicolas S Telford, Jody M Taft, Michael F Bates, Werner Conradie, Buyisile G Makhubo, Graham J Alexander 2021. Taxonomic inflation due to inadequate sampling: are girdled lizards (Cordylus minor species complex) from the Great Karoo one and the same? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135 (1): 1–24 [print 2022] - get paper here
 
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