A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Cordylidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Coppery Grass LizardChamaesaura aenea (Fitzinger, 1843) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Angolan Girdled LizardCordylus angolensis (Bocage, 1895) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maasai Girdled LizardCordylus beraduccii Broadley & Branch, 2002 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Girdled LizardCordylus cordylus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rooiberg Girdled LizardCordylus imkeae Mouton & Van Wyk, 1994 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Large-scaled Girdled LizardCordylus macropholis (Boulenger, 1910) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marungu Girdled LizardCordylus marunguensis Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey, 2012 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| McLachlan’s Girdled LizardCordylus mclachlani Mouton, 1986 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mecula Girdled LizardCordylus meculae Branch, Rödel & Marais, 2005 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cloete’s Girdled Lizard [cloetei]Cordylus minor Fitzsimons, 1943 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mombolo girdled lizardCordylus momboloensis Bates, Lobón-Rovira, Stanley, Branch & Vaz-Pinto, 2023 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kaokoveld Girdled LizardCordylus namakuiyus Stanley, Ceríaco, Bandeira, Valerio, Bates & Branch, 2016 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oelofsen’s Girdled LizardCordylus oelofseni Mouton & Van Wyk, 1990 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zimbabwean Girdled LizardCordylus rhodesianus (Hewitt, 1933) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Transvaal Girdled LizardCordylus vittifer (Reichenow, 1887) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Cliff LizardHemicordylus capensis (Smith, 1838) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dwarf Cliff LizardHemicordylus nebulosus (Mouton & Van Wyk, 1995) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Karoo Girdled LizardKarusasaurus polyzonus (Smith, 1838) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campbell’s Girdled LizardNamazonurus campbelli (Fitzsimons, 1938) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lawrence’s Girdled LizardNamazonurus lawrenci (Fitzsimons, 1939) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Namaqua Girdled LizardNamazonurus namaquensis (Methuen & Hewitt, 1914) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peers’ Girdled LizardNamazonurus peersi (Hewitt, 1932) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Herero Girdled LizardNamazonurus pustulatus (Peters, 1862) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blue-spotted (Girdled) LizardNinurta coeruleopunctatus (Hewitt & Methuen, 1913) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Armadillo Girdled LizardOuroborus cataphractus (Boie, 1828) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Attenborough’s Flat LizardPlatysaurus attenboroughi Whiting, Branch, Pepper & Keogh, 2015 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Augrabies Flat LizardPlatysaurus broadleyi Branch & Whiting, 1997 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Flat LizardPlatysaurus capensis Smith, 1844 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dwarf Flat LizardPlatysaurus guttatus Smith, 1849 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emperor Flat LizardPlatysaurus imperator Broadley, 1962 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platysaurus intermedius Matschie, 1891 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spotted Flat LizardPlatysaurus maculatus Broadley, 1965 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Waterberg Flat LizardPlatysaurus minor Fitzsimons, 1930 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mitchell's Flat LizardPlatysaurus mitchelli Loveridge, 1953 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orange-throated Flat LizardPlatysaurus monotropis Jacobsen, 1994 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chimanimani Flat LizardPlatysaurus ocellatus Broadley, 1962 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platysaurus orientalis Fitzsimons, 1941 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pungwe Flat LizardPlatysaurus pungweensis Broadley, 1959 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Soutpansberg Flat LizardPlatysaurus relictus Broadley, 1976 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Collared Flat LizardPlatysaurus torquatus Peters, 1879 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lang’s Crag LizardPseudocordylus langi Loveridge, 1944 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudocordylus microlepidotus (Cuvier, 1829) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barberton Dragon LizardSmaug barbertonensis (Van Dam, 1921) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Waterberg Dragon LizardSmaug breyeri (Van Dam, 1921) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Flat Dragon LizardSmaug depressus (Fitzsimons, 1930) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant Dragon LizardSmaug giganteus (Smith, 1844) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gorongosa Girdled LizardSmaug mossambicus (Fitzsimons, 1958) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Regal Girdled LizardSmaug regius (Broadley, 1962) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Swazi Dragon LizardSmaug swazicus Bates & Stanley, 2020 | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Van Dam’s Girdled LizardSmaug vandami (Fitzsimons, 1930) | CordylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.