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Cape Girdled Lizard
Cordylus cordylus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cordylus cordylus, the Cape girdled lizard, is a South African insectivorous liz…
Common Girdled Lizard
Cordylus vittifer (Reichenow, 1887)
Cordylus vittifer, the Transvaal girdled lizard, is distinguished by elongated n…
Black Girdled Lizard
Cordylus niger Cuvier, 1829
Cordylus niger, the black girdled lizard, is a medium-sized solitary lizard foun…
Cape Snake Lizard
Chamaesaura anguina Linnaeus, 1758
Chamaesaura anguina, the Cape grass lizard, is an ovoviviparous lizard species w…
Armadillo Girdled Lizard
Ouroborus cataphractus (Boie, 1828)
Ouroborus cataphractus, the armadillo girdled lizard, is an ovoviviparous lizard…
Graceful Crag Lizard
Hemicordylus capensis (Smith, 1838)
Hemicordylus capensis is a small gracile lizard species with intermediate phenot…
Cape Crag Lizard
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus (Cuvier, 1829)
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus has similar-sized sexes with distinct differences …
Highveld Crag Lizard
Pseudocordylus melanotus (Smith, 1838)
Pseudocordylus melanotus, the common crag lizard, is an ovoviviparous lizard nat…
Drakensberg Crag Lizard
Pseudocordylus subviridis (Smith, 1838)
Pseudocordylus subviridis, the Drakensberg crag lizard, is a small cordylid liza…
Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard
Ninurta coeruleopunctatus (Hewitt & Methuen, 1913)
Ninurta coeruleopunctatus, the blue-spotted girdled lizard, is a endemic lizard …
Van Dam’s Girdled Lizard
Smaug vandami (Fitzsimons, 1930)
Smaug vandami is a large dark brown lizard with yellow rings native to grassland…
Karoo Girdled Lizard
Karusasaurus polyzonus (Smith, 1838)
Karusasaurus polyzonus, the Karoo girdled lizard, is a common diurnal insectivor…
Sekukhune flat lizard
Platysaurus orientalis Fitzsimons, 1941
Platysaurus orientalis, the Sekukhune flat lizard, is a small lizard native to s…
Waterberg flat lizard
Platysaurus minor Fitzsimons, 1930
The Waterberg flat lizard (Platysaurus minor) is a small striped lizard found in…
Lebombo Flat Lizard
Platysaurus lebomboensis Jacobsen, 1994
Platysaurus lebomboensis, the Lebombo flat lizard, is a small southern African l…
Common Flat Lizard
Platysaurus intermedius Matschie, 1891
Platysaurus intermedius, the common flat lizard, is a widespread Platysaurus spe…
Augrabies flat lizard
Platysaurus broadleyi Branch & Whiting, 1997
Platysaurus broadleyi, the Augrabies flat lizard, is a medium-sized lizard nativ…
Guatemalan helmeted basilisk
Corytophanes percarinatus Duméril, 1856
The Guatemalan helmeted basilisk (Corytophanes percarinatus) is a viviparous liz…
Hernandez’s Helmeted Basilisk
Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann, 1831)
Corytophanes hernandesii is an oviparous lizard species native to forests of sou…
Helmeted Iguana
Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem, 1820)
Corytophanes cristatus, the smooth helmeted iguana, is a non-heliothermic medium…
Brown Basilisk
Basiliscus vittatus Wiegmann, 1828
Basiliscus vittatus (brown basilisk) is a lizard with distinct crests, and speci…
Green Basilisk
Basiliscus plumifrons Cope, 1875
Basiliscus plumifrons, the plumed basilisk, is the largest basilisk species, an …
Western Basilisk
Basiliscus galeritus Duméril, 1851
Basiliscus galeritus is a basilisk lizard species found in South American forest…
Common Basilisk
Basiliscus basiliscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Basiliscus basiliscus, the common basilisk, is a Central and South American liza…
