Cordylus phonolithos

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
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Cordylus
Species: Cordylus phonolithos

Name

Cordylus phonolithos Marques, Ceríaco, Stanley, Bandeira, Agarwal & Bauer, 2019: 509

• Holotype: CAS 263581 (field number AMB 10296), subadult ♂, collected by L. Ceríaco, S. Bandeira and I. Agarwal on 21 November 2016.
• Type locality: “in a granite boulder in the vicinity of N’Dolondolo, Namibe Province, Angola [-13.80678ºN, 13.13507ºE, 752 m elevation]”.

References

Primary references

• Marques, M.P., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Stanley, E.L., Bandeira, S.A., Agarwal, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. A new species of Girdled Lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola. Zootaxa 4668(4): 503–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cordylus phonolithos. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 April 2022.
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Baptista, N. & Conradie, W. 2020. IUCN: Cordylus phonolithos  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T158645218A158645287. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T158645218A158645287.en. Accessed on 12 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: N’Dolondolo Girdled Lizard