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Genus of lizards

Namazonurus

Namazonurus peersi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Namazonurus Stanley et al., 2011

Namazonurus, is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Namaqua girdled lizards, in the family Cordylidae. The genus contains five species, which are endemic to southern Africa, and feed on insects and small vertebrates.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

Namazonurus campbelli (V. FitzSimons, 1938)
Namazonurus lawrenci (V. FitzSimons, 1939)
Namazonurus namaquensis (Methuen & Hewitt, 1914)
Namazonurus peersi (Hewitt, 1932)
Namazonurus pustulatus (W. Peters, 1862)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Namazonurus.

References

"Namaqua Girdled Lizards (Namazonurus)". HerpMapper. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
"Namazonurus ". America Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
Genus Namazonurus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Stanley EL, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Branch WR, Mouton PLFN (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, new genus).

Taxon identifiers
Namazonurus	Wikidata: Q3335423 Wikispecies: Namazonurus CoL: 5X79 EoL: 21635598 GBIF: 7492492 iNaturalist: 144045 IRMNG: 1475448 ITIS: 1141807 NCBI: 885510 Open Tree of Life: 117822

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