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THE NATURAL & IMAGINED WORLDAn illustrated compendium
THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE

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

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
Coppery Grass LizardChamaesaura aenea (Fitzinger, 1843)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Angolan Girdled LizardCordylus angolensis (Bocage, 1895)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Maasai Girdled LizardCordylus beraduccii Broadley & Branch, 2002CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cape Girdled LizardCordylus cordylus (Linnaeus, 1758)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Rooiberg Girdled LizardCordylus imkeae Mouton & Van Wyk, 1994CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Large-scaled Girdled LizardCordylus macropholis (Boulenger, 1910)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Marungu Girdled LizardCordylus marunguensis Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey, 2012CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
McLachlan’s Girdled LizardCordylus mclachlani Mouton, 1986CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mecula Girdled LizardCordylus meculae Branch, Rödel & Marais, 2005CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cloete’s Girdled Lizard [cloetei]Cordylus minor Fitzsimons, 1943CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mombolo girdled lizardCordylus momboloensis Bates, Lobón-Rovira, Stanley, Branch & Vaz-Pinto, 2023CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Kaokoveld Girdled LizardCordylus namakuiyus Stanley, Ceríaco, Bandeira, Valerio, Bates & Branch, 2016CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Oelofsen’s Girdled LizardCordylus oelofseni Mouton & Van Wyk, 1990CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Zimbabwean Girdled LizardCordylus rhodesianus (Hewitt, 1933)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Transvaal Girdled LizardCordylus vittifer (Reichenow, 1887)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cape Cliff LizardHemicordylus capensis (Smith, 1838)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dwarf Cliff LizardHemicordylus nebulosus (Mouton & Van Wyk, 1995)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Karoo Girdled LizardKarusasaurus polyzonus (Smith, 1838)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Campbell’s Girdled LizardNamazonurus campbelli (Fitzsimons, 1938)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lawrence’s Girdled LizardNamazonurus lawrenci (Fitzsimons, 1939)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Namaqua Girdled LizardNamazonurus namaquensis (Methuen & Hewitt, 1914)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Peers’ Girdled LizardNamazonurus peersi (Hewitt, 1932)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Herero Girdled LizardNamazonurus pustulatus (Peters, 1862)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Blue-spotted (Girdled) LizardNinurta coeruleopunctatus (Hewitt & Methuen, 1913)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Armadillo Girdled LizardOuroborus cataphractus (Boie, 1828)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Attenborough’s Flat LizardPlatysaurus attenboroughi Whiting, Branch, Pepper & Keogh, 2015CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Augrabies Flat LizardPlatysaurus broadleyi Branch & Whiting, 1997CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cape Flat LizardPlatysaurus capensis Smith, 1844CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Dwarf Flat LizardPlatysaurus guttatus Smith, 1849CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Emperor Flat LizardPlatysaurus imperator Broadley, 1962CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Platysaurus intermedius Matschie, 1891CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Spotted Flat LizardPlatysaurus maculatus Broadley, 1965CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Waterberg Flat LizardPlatysaurus minor Fitzsimons, 1930CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Mitchell's Flat LizardPlatysaurus mitchelli Loveridge, 1953CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Orange-throated Flat LizardPlatysaurus monotropis Jacobsen, 1994CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Chimanimani Flat LizardPlatysaurus ocellatus Broadley, 1962CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Platysaurus orientalis Fitzsimons, 1941CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pungwe Flat LizardPlatysaurus pungweensis Broadley, 1959CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Soutpansberg Flat LizardPlatysaurus relictus Broadley, 1976CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Collared Flat LizardPlatysaurus torquatus Peters, 1879CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Lang’s Crag LizardPseudocordylus langi Loveridge, 1944CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus (Cuvier, 1829)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Barberton Dragon LizardSmaug barbertonensis (Van Dam, 1921)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Waterberg Dragon LizardSmaug breyeri (Van Dam, 1921)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Flat Dragon LizardSmaug depressus (Fitzsimons, 1930)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Giant Dragon LizardSmaug giganteus (Smith, 1844)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Gorongosa Girdled LizardSmaug mossambicus (Fitzsimons, 1958)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Regal Girdled LizardSmaug regius (Broadley, 1962)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Swazi Dragon LizardSmaug swazicus Bates & Stanley, 2020CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Van Dam’s Girdled LizardSmaug vandami (Fitzsimons, 1930)CordylidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
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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

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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.