Spiny crag lizard

Spiny crag lizard

dorsal view of head
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Pseudocordylus
Species:	P. spinosus
Binomial name
*Pseudocordylus spinosus* Fitzsimons, 1947

The spiny crag lizard or prickly girdled lizard (Pseudocordylus spinosus) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae.

Range[]

It is found in the northern Drakensberg escarpment of Lesotho and adjacent South Africa, besides a population in southern KwaZulu-Natal.

References[]

^ Bates, M.F. (2018). "Pseudocordylus spinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T18517A115652769. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T18517A115652769.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

v t Extant Cordylidae species
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata
Chamaesaura	Transvaal grass lizard (C. aenea) Cape grass lizard (C. anguina) Large-scale grass lizard (C. macrolepis) Zambian grass lizard (C. miopropus) Cape snake lizard (C. tenuior)
Cordylus	Angolan girdled lizard (C. angolensis) Dwarf Karoo girdled lizard (C. aridus) Maasai girdled lizard (C. beraduccii) Cloete's girdled lizard (C. cloetei) Cape girdled lizard (C. cordylus) Rooiberg girdled lizard (C. imkeae) Limpopo girdled lizard (C. jonesii) Machado's girdled lizard (C. machadoi) Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (C. macropholis) Marungu girdled lizard (C. marunguensis) McLachlan's girdled lizard (C. mclachlani) Mecula girdled lizard (C. meculae) Western dwarf girdled lizard (C. minor) Kaokoveld girdled lizard (C. namakuiyus) Black girdled lizard (C. niger) Nyika girdled lizard (C. nyikae) Oelofsen's girdled lizard (C. oelofseni) N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (C. phonolithos) Rhodesian girdled lizard (C. rhodesianus) Ethiopian girdled lizard (C. rivae) East African spiny-tailed lizard (C. tropidosternum) Ukinga girdled lizard (C. ukingensis) Transvaal girdled lizard (C. vittifer)
Hemicordylus	False girdled lizard (H. capensis) Dwarf cliff lizard (H. nebulosus)
Karusasaurus	Jordan's girdled lizard (K. jordani) African spiny-tailed lizard (K. polyzonus)
Namazonurus	Campbell's girdled lizard (N. campbelli) Lawrence's girdled lizard (N. lawrenci) Namaqua girdled lizard (N. namaquensis) Peers’s girdled lizard (N. peersi) Herero girdled lizard (N. pustulatus)
Ninurta	Blue-spotted girdled lizard (N. coeruleopunctatus)
Ouroboros	Armadillo girdled lizard (O. cataphractus)
Platysaurus	Attenborough's flat lizard (P. attenboroughi) Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi) Cape flat lizard (P. capensis) Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus) Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator) Common flat lizard (P. intermedius) Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis) Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus) Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor) Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchelli) Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis) Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus) Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis) Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis) Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus) Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus)
Pseudocordylus	Lang's crag lizard (P. langi) Highveld crag lizard (P. melanotus) Cape crag lizard (P. microlepidotus) Spiny crag lizard (P. spinosus) Drakensberg crag lizard (P. subviridis) Northern crag lizard (P. transvaalensis)
Smaug	Barberton girdled lizard (S. barbertonensis) Waterberg girdled lizard (S. breyeri) Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (S. depressus) Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus) Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus) Regal girdled lizard (S. regius) Swazi dragon lizard (S. swazicus) Van Dam's girdled lizard (S. vandami) Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni)

Taxon identifiers	Wikidata: Q3008449 Wikispecies: Pseudocordylus spinosus GBIF: 2471050 iNaturalist: 33037 IRMNG: 11199201 ITIS: 1141878 IUCN: 18517 NCBI: 884358 RD: spinosus Species+: 31403 uBio: 7136918

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