Species Kingdom

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Angolan Girdled Lizard Cordylus angolensis

Description

<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_girdled_lizard">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of lizard</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>Angolan girdled lizard</b> (<i><b>Cordylus angolensis</b></i>), also known as the <b>Angolan spiny-tailed lizard</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-UNEP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNEP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of lizard in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus" title="Cordylus">Cordylus</a></i>. The species is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, as its names testify,<sup id="cite_ref-Database_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Database-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WCMC_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCMC-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ZipcodeZoo_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZipcodeZoo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoviviparous" class="mw-redirect" title="Ovoviviparous">ovoviviparous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Database_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Database-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p><i>C. angolensis</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoviviparous" class="mw-redirect" title="Ovoviviparous">ovoviviparous</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Database_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Database-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> meaning females keep eggs inside their bodies until ready to hatch. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style> <div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-iucn_status_18_November_2021-1"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-iucn_status_18_November_2021_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style> <cite id="CITEREFCeríaco,_L.M.P.Baptista,_N.Conradie,_W.2020" class="citation journal cs1">Ceríaco, L.M.P.; 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(<i>Zonurus angolensis</i>, new species, pp. 24–25). 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaesaura" title="Chamaesaura">Chamaesaura</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transvaal_grass_lizard" title="Transvaal grass lizard">Transvaal grass lizard (<i>C. aenea</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_grass_lizard" title="Cape grass lizard">Cape grass lizard (<i>C. anguina</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large-scale_grass_lizard" title="Large-scale grass lizard">Large-scale grass lizard (<i>C. macrolepis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambian_grass_lizard" title="Zambian grass lizard">Zambian grass lizard (<i>C. miopropus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaesaura_tenuior" title="Chamaesaura tenuior">Cape snake lizard (<i>C. tenuior</i>)</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus" title="Cordylus">Cordylus</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Angolan girdled lizard (<i>C. angolensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_beraduccii" title="Cordylus beraduccii">Maasai girdled lizard (<i>C. beraduccii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_cordylus" title="Cordylus cordylus">Cape girdled lizard (<i>C. cordylus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooiberg_girdled_lizard" title="Rooiberg girdled lizard">Rooiberg girdled lizard (<i>C. imkeae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpopo_girdled_lizard" title="Limpopo girdled lizard">Limpopo girdled lizard (<i>C. jonesii</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machadoe%27s_girdled_lizard" title="Machadoe's girdled lizard">Machado's girdled lizard (<i>C. machadoi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_macropholis" title="Cordylus macropholis">Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (<i>C. macropholis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_marunguensis" title="Cordylus marunguensis">Marungu girdled lizard (<i>C. marunguensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLachlan%27s_girdled_lizard" title="McLachlan's girdled lizard">McLachlan's girdled lizard (<i>C. mclachlani</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecula_girdled_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Mecula girdled lizard">Mecula girdled lizard (<i>C. meculae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_minor" title="Cordylus minor">Western dwarf girdled lizard (<i>C. minor</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_namakuiyus" title="Cordylus namakuiyus">Kaokoveld girdled lizard (<i>C. namakuiyus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_girdled_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Black girdled lizard">Black girdled lizard (<i>C. niger</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_nyikae" title="Cordylus nyikae">Nyika girdled lizard (<i>C. nyikae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_oelofseni" title="Cordylus oelofseni">Oelofsen's girdled lizard (<i>C. oelofseni</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_phonolithos" title="Cordylus phonolithos">N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (<i>C. phonolithos</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesian_girdled_lizard" title="Rhodesian girdled lizard">Rhodesian girdled lizard (<i>C. rhodesianus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordylus_rivae" title="Cordylus rivae">Ethiopian girdled lizard (<i>C. rivae</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_spiny-tailed_lizard" title="East African spiny-tailed lizard">East African spiny-tailed lizard (<i>C. tropidosternum</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukinga_girdled_lizard" title="Ukinga girdled lizard">Ukinga girdled lizard (<i>C. ukingensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transvaal_girdled_lizard" title="Transvaal girdled lizard">Transvaal girdled lizard (<i>C. vittifer</i>)</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicordylus" title="Hemicordylus">Hemicordylus</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicordylus_capensis" title="Hemicordylus capensis">Cape cliff lizard (<i>H. capensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicordylus_nebulosus" title="Hemicordylus nebulosus">Dwarf cliff lizard (<i>H. nebulosus</i>)</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karusasaurus" title="Karusasaurus">Karusasaurus</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karusasaurus_jordani" title="Karusasaurus jordani">Jordan's girdled lizard (<i>K. jordani</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karusasaurus_polyzonus" title="Karusasaurus polyzonus">African spiny-tailed lizard (<i>K. polyzonus</i>)</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namazonurus" title="Namazonurus">Namazonurus</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namazonurus_campbelli" title="Namazonurus campbelli">Campbell's girdled lizard (<i>N. campbelli</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%27s_girdled_lizard" title="Lawrence's girdled lizard">Lawrence's girdled lizard (<i>N. lawrenci</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namazonurus_namaquensis" title="Namazonurus namaquensis">Namaqua girdled lizard (<i>N. namaquensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namazonurus_peersi" title="Namazonurus peersi">Peers’s girdled lizard (<i>N. peersi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namazonurus_pustulatus" title="Namazonurus pustulatus">Herero girdled lizard (<i>N. pustulatus</i>)</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninurta_coeruleopunctatus" title="Ninurta coeruleopunctatus">Ninurta</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninurta_coeruleopunctatus" title="Ninurta coeruleopunctatus">Blue-spotted girdled lizard (<i>N. coeruleopunctatus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_girdled_lizard" title="Armadillo girdled lizard">Ouroboros</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_girdled_lizard" title="Armadillo girdled lizard">Armadillo girdled lizard (<i>O. cataphractus</i>)</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platysaurus" title="Platysaurus">Platysaurus</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platysaurus_attenboroughi" title="Platysaurus attenboroughi"> Attenborough's flat lizard (<i>P. attenboroughi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadley%27s_flat_lizard" title="Broadley's flat lizard">Broadley's flat lizard (<i>P. broadleyi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_flat_lizard" title="Cape flat lizard">Cape flat lizard (<i>P. capensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_flat_lizard" title="Dwarf flat lizard">Dwarf flat lizard (<i>P. guttatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_flat_lizard" title="Emperor flat lizard">Emperor flat lizard (<i>P. imperator</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_flat_lizard" title="Common flat lizard">Common flat lizard (<i>P. intermedius</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebombo_flat_lizard" title="Lebombo flat lizard">Lebombo flat lizard (<i>P. lebomboensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_flat_lizard" title="Spotted flat lizard">Spotted flat lizard (<i>P. maculatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterberg_flat_lizard" title="Waterberg flat lizard">Waterberg flat lizard (<i>P. minor</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell%27s_flat_lizard" title="Mitchell's flat lizard">Mitchell's flat lizard (<i>P. mitchelli</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange-throated_flat_lizard" title="Orange-throated flat lizard">Orange-throated flat lizard (<i>P. monotropis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellated_flat_lizard" title="Ocellated flat lizard">Ocellated flat lizard (<i>P. ocellatus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekukhune_flat_lizard" title="Sekukhune flat lizard">Sekukhune flat lizard (<i>P. orientalis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pungwe_flat_lizard" title="Pungwe flat lizard">Pungwe flat lizard (<i>P. pungweensis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soutpansberg_flat_lizard" title="Soutpansberg flat lizard">Soutpansberg flat lizard (<i>P. relictus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platysaurus_torquatus" title="Platysaurus torquatus">Striped flat lizard (<i>P. torquatus</i>)</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocordylus" title="Pseudocordylus">Pseudocordylus</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lang%27s_crag_lizard" title="Lang's crag lizard">Lang's crag lizard (<i>P. langi</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highveld_crag_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Highveld crag lizard">Highveld crag lizard (<i>P. melanotus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_crag_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape crag lizard">Cape crag lizard (<i>P. microlepidotus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_crag_lizard" title="Spiny crag lizard">Spiny crag lizard (<i>P. spinosus</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakensberg_crag_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Drakensberg crag lizard">Drakensberg crag lizard (<i>P. subviridis</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_crag_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern crag lizard">Northern crag lizard (<i>P. transvaalensis</i>)</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaug_(lizard)" title="Smaug (lizard)">Smaug</a></i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton_girdled_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Barberton girdled lizard">Barberton girdled lizard <i>(S. barbertonensis)</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterberg_girdled_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Waterberg girdled lizard">Waterberg girdled lizard <i>(S. breyeri)</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoutpansberg_girdled_lizard" title="Zoutpansberg girdled lizard">Zoutpansberg girdled lizard <i>(S. depressus)</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_girdled_lizard" title="Giant girdled lizard">Giant girdled lizard <i>(S. giganteus)</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique_girdled_lizard" title="Mozambique girdled lizard">Mozambique girdled lizard <i>(S. mossambicus)</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regal_girdled_lizard" class="mw-redirect" title="Regal girdled lizard">Regal girdled lizard <i>(S. regius)</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaug_swazicus" title="Smaug swazicus">Swazi dragon lizard <i>(S. swazicus)</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Dam%27s_girdled_lizard" title="Van Dam's girdled lizard">Van Dam's girdled lizard <i>(S. vandami)</i></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren%27s_girdled_lizard" title="Warren's girdled lizard">Warren's girdled lizard <i>(S. warreni)</i></a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"> </div> <div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/5227227">5227227</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inaturalist.org/taxa/33033">33033</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10363885">10363885</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">ITIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1141823">1141823</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/110159200/0">110159200</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation.org" title="Observation.org">Observation.org</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://observation.org/species/98344/">98344</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Tree_of_Life" title="Open Tree of Life">Open Tree of Life</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/taxonomy/browse?id=4123433">4123433</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile_Database" title="Reptile Database">RD</a>: <span class="uid"><a class="external text" href="https://wikidata-externalid-url.toolforge.org/?url_prefix=https%3A%2F%2Freptile-database.reptarium.cz%2Fspecies%3F&id=genus%3DCordylus%26species%3Dangolensis">angolensis</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">Species+</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/7719">7719</a></span></span></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div> <p><br> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1271159938">.mw-parser-output .asbox{position:relative;overflow:hidden}.mw-parser-output .asbox table{background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .asbox p{margin:0}.mw-parser-output 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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Cordylidae

Genus: Cordylus

Species: Angolan Girdled Lizard Cordylus angolensis

Conservation Status

extinct (EX)