Cordylidae

Cordylus giganteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamiliae (2): Cordylinae – Platysaurinae

Genera (10): Chamaesaura – Cordylus – Hemicordylus – Karusasaurus – Namazonurus – Ninurta – Ouroborus – Platysaurus – Pseudocordylus – Smaug

Name

• Cordylidae Mertens, 1937: 8

Type genus: Cordylus Laurenti, 1768, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Mertens, R. 1937. Reptilien und Amphibien aus dem südlichen Inner-Afrika. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 435: 1–23. Reference page. 

Additional references

• FitzSimons, V. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoirs 1: 1–528. Reference page. 
• Loveridge, A. 1944. Revision of the African lizards of the family Cordylidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 95: 1–118, pls. 1–12. BHL Reference page. 
• Lang, M. 1991. Generic relationships within Cordyliformes (Reptilia: Squamata). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie 61: 121–188. Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Janies, D., Mouton, P. Le F.N. & Titus, T.A. 2001. A molecular perspective on the phylogeny of the girdled lizards (Cordylidae, Squamata). American Museum Novitates 3310: 1–10. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)310<0001:AMPOTP>2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/2927 Reference page. 
• Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Branch, W.R. & Mouton, P. Le F.N. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1): 53–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Gürtelechsen
English: Girdle-tailed Lizards
Nederlands: Gordelstaarthagedissen
norsk: Belteøgler
polski: Jaszczurki kolczaste

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