| Higher Taxa | Cordylidae (Cordylinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Herero Girdled Lizard |
| Synonym | Zonurus pustulatus PETERS 1862: 19
Zonurus pustulatus — BOULENGER 1885: 258
Cordylus cordylus pustulatus FITZSIMONS 1943
Cordylus pustulatus — LOVERIDGE 1944
Cordylus pustulatus — BAUER et al. 1995: 54
Cordylus pustulatus — ADOLPHS 2006
Namazonurus pustulatus — STANLEY et al. 2011
Namazonurus pustulatus — REISSIG 2014 |
| Distribution | Namibia (Hereroland)
Type locality: Neu-Barmen [= Otjimbingue, Namibia] by implication.
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| Reproduction | Ovoviviparous/Viviparous, giving birth to 2–4 young. |
| Types | Syntypes: ZMB 4221, 4222; another type, ZMB 4361 apparently lost fide Bauer et al. 1994. |
| Diagnosis | Definition (genus): Body flattened in cross-section, small-sized (maximum SVL 75–82 mm), robust. Limbs of moderate length, digits unreduced. Supernasals enlarged and tubular. Dorsal scales small and smooth to keeled in 22–32 transverse rows; caudal scales enlarged and spinose; head triangular; no occipital spines present. Lower eyelid with or without transparent disc. Tongue unpigmented. Osteoderms distributed across entire body. |
| Comment | Type species: Zonurus pustulatus PETERS 1862 is the type species of the genus Namazonurus STANLEY et al. 2011. |
| Etymology | Etymology (genus): Masculine name derived from Nama, referring to Namaqualand as broadly construed, the area occupied by Nama speaking peoples, and Zonurus, girdle-tailed, the earlier name long used for Cordylus sensu lato. |
| References |
- Adolphs, K. 2006. Bibliotheca Cordyliformium. Squamata Verlag, Sankt Augustin, 303 pp.
- Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
- Heaton, J.S., Amutenya, K.K., Ndaitwah, C. & Kalinda, M. 2017. Namazonurus pustulatus (Herero Nama Lizard) Elevation and abundance. Herpetological Review 48 (3): 652-654. - get paper here
- Heaton, Jill S. 2017. Namazonurus pustulatus (Herero Nama Lizard) Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48 (1): 196 - get paper here
- Heaton, Jill S. and Nakanwa, Justina 2017. Namazonurus pustulatus (Herero Nama Lizard) Diet. Herpetological Review 48 (1): 195-196 - get paper here
- Heaton, Jill S. and Reissig, Jens 2017. Namazonurus pustulatus (Herero Nama Lizard) Scale counts. Herpetological Review 48 (1): 194-195 - 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
- 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
- Peters,W.C.H. 1862. Übersicht einiger von dem , durch seine afrikanische Sprachforschungen, rühmlichst bekannten, Hrn. Missionär C.H. Hahn bei Neu-Barmen, im Hererolande, and der Westküste von Afrika, im 21˚ südl. Br. gesammelten Amphibien, nebst Beschreibungen der neue Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1862: 15-26 - 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
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