Cape Girdled Lizard
Cordylus cordylus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Reptiles
Cordylus cordylus, the Cape girdled lizard, is a medium-sized lizard indigenous to the southern Cape region of South Africa, where it inhabits crags, rocky outcrops and mountain summits. They evade predators by wedging themselves firmly in rock cracks.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Cordylidae
- Genus
- Cordylus