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Machadoe's girdled lizard

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Cordylidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Squamata

Genus
  
Cordylus

Similar
  
Ukinga girdled lizard, Ninurta coeruleopunctatus, Transvaal girdled lizard, Limpopo girdled lizard, Hemicordylus

Machadoe's girdled lizard (Cordylus machadoi) is a flattened girdled lizard from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. They are found as solitary individuals or in pairs on rock outcrops in arid savannah. It can be identified, along with Cordylus vittifer, by have an elongate first row of dorsal scales. Machadoe’s girdled lizard is uniform yellow brown above and paler below. The head is dark brown with pale lips. The pale vertebral stripe found in the Cordylus vittifer is not present. Adults reach 78 mm in length from snout to vent.

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Machadoe's girdled lizard Wikipedia