Karusasaurus jordani (PARKER, 1936)

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Higher Taxa	Cordylidae (Cordylinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Jordan’s Girdled Lizard, Namibian Girdled Lizard
Synonym	Zonurus jordani PARKER 1936: 133 Cordylus jordani — FITZSIMONS 1943 Cordylus polyzonus jordani — LOVERIDGE 1944 Cordylus jordani — BRANCH 1988 Cordylus jordani — FROST et al. 2001 Karusasaurus jordani — STANLEY et al. 2011 Karusasaurus jordani — REISSIG 2014 Karusasaurus jordani — SCHLEICHER 2020
Distribution	C Namibia Type locality: Hoffnung, near Windhoek [Namibia].
Reproduction	Ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.7.92
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: distinguished from polyzonus by having 4-7 femoral pores (polyzonus: 12-17), larger temporals, caudal whorls composed of a single row of scales (polyzonus: 2 rows, at least in the middle of the tail), posterior upper femoral scales much enlarged and strongly spinose (in polyzonus posterior upper femoral scales are scarcely larger or more spinose than the anterior); transverse dorsal scales in 32-37 series (vs. 38-46 in polyzonus) (after Parker 1936: 134).
Comment
Etymology	Named after the collector of the types, Dr. K. Jordan (1861-1959), a German-British entomologist. See Johnson 2012 for biographical details.
References	BECKER, FRANCOIS S.; JONATHAN C. DEBOER, BERTHA BUISWALELO, JOHN IRISH & JILL S. HEATON. 2021. KARUSASAURUS JORDANI (Jordan’s Girdled Lizard). SIZE AT BIRTH. Herpetological Review 52 (2): 409–410. - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 Heaton, J S & Deboer, J C 2018. Karusasaurus jordani (Northern Karusa Lizard) Reproduction. Herpetological Review 49 (2): 330-331 - get paper here Heaton, J S & Deboer, J C 2018. Karusasaurus jordani (Northern Karusa Lizard) Scale counts. Herpetological Review 49 (2): 329-330 - get paper here Heaton, J S; Nakanwa, J & Deboer, J C 2018. Karusasaurus jordani (Northern Karusa Lizard) Diet. Herpetological Review 49 (2): 329 - get paper here Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here Johnson, K. 2012. Ordering Life -- Karl Jordan and the naturalist tradition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 376 pp. Parker, H.W. 1936. Dr. Karl Jordan's expedition to South-West Africa and Angola: herpetological collections. Novitates Zoologicae 40: 115-146 - get paper here Reissig, J. 2014. Girdled Lizards and Their Relatives. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, ISBN-10: 3899734378 Schleicher, Alfred 2015. Reptilien Namibias. Namibia Scientific Society, 276 pp. Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp. 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 Switak, Karl H. 1995. Girdle-tailed lizards of the genus Cordylus. Reptiles 3 (6): 8-24 Switak, Karl H. 1995. Die Gürtelschweife der Gattung Cordylus (2). TI-Magazin, Nr. 122 (März 1995), 39-42.v
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