Lawrence's girdled lizard

Lawrence's girdled lizard (Namazonurus lawrenci ) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[1]

Lawrence's girdled lizard
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Namazonurus
Species:	N. lawrenci
Binomial name
Namazonurus lawrenci (V. FitzSimons, 1939)
Synonyms
Zonurus lawrenci V. FitzSimons, 1939 Cordylus lawrenci — V. FitzSimons, 1943 Cordylus cordylus lawrenci — Loveridge, 1944 Cordylus lawrenci — Branch, 1988 Namazonurus lawrenci — Stanley et al., 2011[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lawrenci, is in honor of South African entomologist Reginald Frederick Lawrence.[3]

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Cordylus lawrenci . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
2. "Namazonurus lawrenci ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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 lawrenci, pp. 152).

Further reading

• Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Cordylus lawrenci, pp. 189–190 + Plate 68).
• FitzSimons VFM (1939). "Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa". Ann. Transvaal Mus. 20 (1): 5-16. (Zonurus lawrenci, new species).