Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Cordylidae > Cordylus > Cordylus ukingensisCordylus ukingensis (Ukinga Girdled Lizard)Synonyms: Zonurus ukingensis The Ukinga girdled lizard (Cordylus ukingensis) is a poorly known species of girdled lizard from central Tanzania. They are rupicolous (rock-dwelling) and feed on small arthropods. The dorsal coloration is red-brown with scattered dark mottles. The lateral scales often have pale borders. The upper lip is white and there is a distinct dark dorsolateral band on the sides of the neck. The belly is pale gray. The maximum length is around 170 mm. |
Habitat Substrate [1] | Arboreal, Terrestrial | | Reproductive Mode [1] | Viviparous |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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