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Cordylus coeruleopunctatus (Blue-spotted girdled lizard)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Cordylidae (girdled lizards and relatives) > Genus: Cordylus

Cordylus coeruleopunctatus (Blue-spotted girdled lizard), Outeniqua Mountains, Western Cape. [photo Tyrone Ping ©]

Cordylus coeruleopunctatus (Blue-spotted girdled lizard)

Cordylus coeruleopunctatus, Western Cape. [photo van Rooyen J. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]

Cordylus coeruleopunctatus (Blue-spotted girdled lizard)

Cordylus coeruleopunctatus, Eastern Cape. [photo Huisamen J. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]