Namazonurus campbelli

Species of lizard

Namazonurus campbelli
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Namazonurus
Species:
N. campbelli
Binomial name
Namazonurus campbelli
Synonyms[2]
  • Zonurus campbelli
    V. FitzSimons, 1938
  • Cordylus campbelli
    — V. FitzSimons, 1943
  • Cordylus campbelli
    — Adolphs, 2006
  • Namazonurus campbelli
    — Stanley et al., 2011

Namazonurus campbelli, commonly known as Campbell's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. A small girdled lizard, N. campbelli is endemic to Namibia. It is often mistaken for the more common Herero girdled lizard, N. pustulatus, as they both are similar in size and have flattened bodies. N. campbelli lives in rock crevices and cracks on dry mountain slopes

Etymology

The generic name, Namazonurus, contains "zonurus " meaning "girdle-tailed".

The specific name, campbelli, is in honor of William A. Campbell (1880–1962),[3] the owner of the Farm "Barby" where the type specimen was discovered.[4]

Description

N. campbelli has a spiky appearance. The caudal scales are strongly keeled and spinose, and the spines are longest on the flanks. The head is a darker brown colour and the back is a chestnut to light brown, covered with smallish yellow spots with patchy dark-brown crossbars that sometimes bear a dark band to the centre. The belly is off-white.

Snout-to-vent length (SVL) of adults is 60 to 75 mm (2.4 to 3.0 in), with a maximum SVL of 79 mm (3.1 in).[5]

N. campbelli can be differentiated from N. namaquensis which has a well-marked dark streak on the side of the head and two narrow streaks along the sides of the body (absent in N. campbelli ), and no pale spots down the middle of the back (present in N. campbelli ).[4]

Reproduction

N. campbelli is ovoviviparous.[2]

Geographic range

N. campbelli has a restricted distribution 25 km (16 mi) east of Helmeringhausen area in Namibia. It is only known from Lovedale, Barby, and Kunjas Farms. The distribution area is approximately 6,746 km2 (2,605 sq mi).[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Z. campbelli is rocky areas of arid savanna, at altitudes of 1,200–1,700 m (3,900–5,600 ft).[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Becker F, Bauer AM, Adolphs K (2020)."Namazonurus campbelli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. Accessed on 07 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Namazonurus campbelli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Retrieved 13 November 2014
  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 campbelli, p. 46).
  4. ^ a b FitzSimons VFM (1938). "Transvaal Museum Expedition to South-West Africa and Little Namaqualand, May to August 1937. Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 19 (3). Pretoria: 153–209. (Zonurus campbelli, new species, pp. 189–190).
  5. ^ "Campbell's Girdled Lizard". Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

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 campbelli, p. 186 + Plate 104).
  • Stanley, Edward L.; Bauer, Aaron M.; Jackman, Todd R.; Branch, William R.; Mouton, P. Le Fras N. (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (1): 53–70. (Namazonurus campbelli, new combination).
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Extant Cordylidae species
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)
  • Maasai girdled lizard (C. beraduccii)
  • 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
  • Cape cliff 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
Namazonurus campbelli