Cordylus niger (Black 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 niger with scarab beetle larva, Western Cape. [photo Hodgson A. & McBurnie H. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]
Cordylus niger, Western Cape. [photo Rebelo A. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]	Cordylus niger, Western Cape. [photo Erni B. & Altwegg R. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]
Cordylus niger, Western Cape. [photo Theron S. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]	Cordylus niger, Cape Point, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]