Here is an interesting link from another forum of a herper's trip to Swaziland and some pictures of the Drakensburg Crag lizard and its natural habitat. Langerwerf discussed the husbandry of these lizards. On a related note, there was a husbandry article in the March 2006issue of REPTILES magazine in which Mr. Langerwerf's ailing condition, I cannot see captive bred animals hitting the market anytime soon (or not in Canada anyways). The only person I have heard that is truly working with a good sized group of them is Bert Langerwerf of Agama International ( ).
Additionally, there is limited captive breeding of these animals in captivity. are listed as CITES II ( ), meaning that imports are available, but quantities are restricted/limited. I have never kept them myself nor had any experience with them, but do find them fascinating. It lives in granite outcrops of montane grasslands and dry Miombo woodland.The Drankensburg Crag Lizards ( Cordylus (Pseudocordylus) melanotus subviridis) are truly beautiful lizards. Ocellated Flat Lizard - Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Orde … WikipediaĬordylus - Tropical Girdled Lizard Cordylus tropidosternum Scientific classification Kingdom … WikipediaĬordylus meculae - A third species from the Rhodesian Girdled Lizard complex, the Mecula Girdled Lizard Cordylus meculae, was described from Serra Mecula in northern Mozambique. intermedius Scientific classification … WikipediaĬape Grass Lizard - Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order … Wikipedia Warren's girdled lizard - Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … WikipediaĮast African Spiny-tailed Lizard - Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … WikipediaĬommon Flat Lizard - Adult male at N wanetsi River, Kruger National Park (South Africa) Probably P. It prefers rock outcrops in open grassland and feeds on small arthropods, especially beetles … Wikipedia Transvaal girdled lizard - The Transvaal girdled lizard, Cordylus vittifer, is a very flattened girdled lizard from northeastern South Africa, Swaziland, and southeastern Botswana. Limpopo Girdled Lizard - Cordylus jonesii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptili … Wikipedia
The other two species are Cordylus nyikae and Cordylus meculae. Rhodesian girdled lizard - The Rhodesian girdled lizard (Cordylus rhodesianus) is one of three species of very flattened girdled lizards from Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique. A New Cordylus from Gorongoza, Mocambique: Annals of the Natal Museum, 14(2): 351-353. On some reptile collections from the north-western and north-eastern districts of southern Rhodesia 1958-61, with descriptions of four new lizards: Occasional Papers from the Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 48(1): 787-843.įitzSimons, V., 1958. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, 399 p.īroadley, D. They eat a wide variety of small insects (especially beetles and grasshoppers), millipedes, spiders, and the occasional small vertebrate. Individuals are exported through Mozambique for the pet trade. The Mozambique Girdled Lizard is also called the Flame-bellied Armadillo Lizard, Gorongosa Girdled Lizard, or Cordylus gorongosa (not a valid taxon name). Both species were once considered to be subspecies of the Warren’s Girdled Lizard ( Cordylus warreni).
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regius) and the presence of brown patch in front of the cloaca on the belly. Males are distinguished from the closely related Regal Girdled Lizard ( Cordylus regius) by the black chin and throat (yellow chin, mottled throat in C. The belly and sides are gray with orange and black mottles on the lower jaws and throat. Females and juveniles are dark brown above with small cream spots scattered on the neck and back. Males are dark brown to black above with bright orange undersides and black throats. Mozambique Girdled Lizards reach 137.5 mm from snout to vent and 281 mm in total length (based on a captive individual). It lives in rock outcrops in grasslands and dry, wooded mountain slopes. The Mozambique Girdled Lizard ( Cordylus mossambicus) is a large, flattened girdled lizard found in the Gorongosa Mountains in Mozambique and low elevations in the Chimanimani Mountains at the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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