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Lawrence's girdled lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Namazonurus
Species:	N. lawrenci
Binomial name
Namazonurus lawrenci (V. FitzSimons, 1939)
Synonyms
Zonurus lawrenci V. FitzSimons, 1939 Cordylus lawrenci — V. FitzSimons, 1943 Cordylus cordylus lawrenci — Loveridge, 1944 Cordylus lawrenci — Branch, 1988 Namazonurus lawrenci — Stanley et al., 2011

Lawrence's girdled lizard (Namazonurus lawrenci) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.

Description

N. lawrencei is small, thin, and flat for its genus. Dorsally, it is dark brown. Ventrally, it is brownish gray to whitish. Adults usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.5–7.0 cm (2.6–2.8 in).

Geographic range

N. lawrenci is found in the Richtersveld in the province of Northern Cape, South Africa.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of N. lawrenci are rocky areas and shrubland, at altitudes of 250–1,375 m (820–4,511 ft).

Reproduction

N. lawrenci is ovoviviparous.

References

1. ^ Bates, M.F.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Namazonurus lawrenci ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110161343A115675971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110161343A115675971.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. ^ Species Namazonurus lawrenci at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Cordylus lawrenci . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 152).
5. ^ Branch, Bill (2004).

Further reading

• Bauer AM, Branch WR (2003). "The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa". Herpetological Natural History 8: 11–160.
• Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 189–190 + Plate 68).
• FitzSimons VFM (1939). "Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20 (1): 5–16. (Zonurus lawrenci, new species).
• Stanley EL, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Branch WR, Mouton PLFN (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 53–70. (Namazonurus lawrenci, new combination).

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