Biology:Angolan girdled lizard
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Cordylus |
| Species: | C. angolensis
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| Cordylus angolensis (Bocage, 1895)[2]
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The Angolan girdled lizard (Cordylus angolensis), also known as the Angolan spiny-tailed lizard,[2] is a species of lizard in the genus Cordylus. The species is endemic to Angola, as its names testify,[3][4][5] and is ovoviviparous.[3]
Reproduction
C. angolensis is ovoviviparous,[3] meaning females keep eggs inside their bodies until ready to hatch.
References
- ↑ Ceríaco, L.M.P.; Baptista, N.; Conradie, W. (2020). "Cordylus angolensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T110159200A110159225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110159200A110159225.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/110159200/110159225. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cordylus angolensis names". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm?Genus=Cordylus&species=angolensis&source=animals&tabname=names. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Cordylus angolensis BOCAGE, 1895". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Cordylus&species=angolensis. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ↑ "Cordylus angolensis distribution". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm?Genus=Cordylus&species=angolensis&source=animals&tabname=distribution. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ↑ "Cordylus angolensis". ZipcodeZoo.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20100513024141/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Cordylus_angolensis/. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
Further reading
- Bocage JVB. 1895. Herpétologie d'Angola et du Congo. Lisbon: Ministère de la Marine et des Colonies. (Imprimerie nationale, printer). xx + 203 pp. + Plates I-XIX. (Zonurus angolensis, new species, pp. 24–25). (in French).
Wikidata ☰ Q2712630 entry
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