Karusasaurus jordani
| Jordan’s girdled lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Karusasaurus |
| Species: | K. jordani
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| Binomial name | |
| Karusasaurus jordani (Parker, 1936)
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Karusasaurus jordani, Jordan's girdled lizard or the Namibian girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small, spiny lizard found in Namibia.[1][2]
Etymology[]
The specific name, jordani, is in honor of German-born British entomologist Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Bauer, A.M.; Becker, F. (2020). "Karusasaurus jordani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110161006A110161062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110161006A110161062.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Karusasaurus jordani at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cordylus jordani, p. 136).
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Karusasaurus
- Reptiles of Namibia
- Endemic fauna of Namibia
- Reptiles described in 1936
- Taxa named by Hampton Wildman Parker
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