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Namazonurus namaquensis (METHUEN & HEWITT, 1914)

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Higher TaxaCordylidae (Cordylinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Namaqua Girdled Lizard 
SynonymZonurus namaquensis METHUEN & HEWITT 1914: 137
Cordylus namaquensis — FITZSIMONS 1943
Cordylus namaquensis — WHITING et al. 2003
Namazonurus namaquensis — STANLEY et al. 2011
Namazonurus namaquensis — REISSIG 2014
Namazonurus namaquensis — SCHLEICHER 2020 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa, Namibia (Great Karasberg district)

Type locality: Farm Narudas Süd, Great Karasberg District, Great Namaqualand [Namibia].  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: DNMNH (= TM) 3163 (Transvaal Museum); Paratype: PEM R12388 (formerly AMG 1612, originally TMP 3158); 
Diagnosis 
CommentOvoviviparous. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • CONRADIE, WERNER; WILLIAM R. BRANCH, & GILLIAN WATSON 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576 (1): 001–045 - 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
  • Methuen,P.A. & Hewitt,J. 1914. [The Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to Great Namaqualand 1912-1913.] Records and descriptions of the reptiles and batrachians of the collection. Annals Transvaal Mus. 4 (3): 117-145 - 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
  • 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
  • Whiting, A.S.; Aaron M. Bauer and Jack W. Sites, Jr. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships and limb loss in sub-Saharan African scincine lizards (Squamata: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29 (3): 582-598 - get paper here
 
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