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Pseudocordylus microlepidotus
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus microlepidotus on Table Mountain
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Pseudocordylus
Species:	P. microlepidotus
Binomial name
Pseudocordylus microlepidotus (Cuvier, 1829)

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus, or the Cape crag lizard, is a species of lizard native to shrublands and grasslands of South Africa. Three subspecies have been named: Pseudocordylus microlepidotus microlepidotus, Pseudocordylus microlepidotus fasciatus, and Pseudocordylus microlepidotus namaquensis. The species' gestation type is ovoviviparous. The species is protected under Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Description

The two sexes are similar in size; however, males have larger heads and develop more glands than females. The sexes begin to differentiate before sexual maturity.

References

1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
2. "Pseudocordylus microlepidotus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
3. "Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
4. Mouton, P. le Fras N.; Gagiano, Carmen; Sachse, Beate (2005-06-01). "Generation glands and sexual size dimorphism in the Cape Crag Lizard, Pseudocordylus microlepidotus". African Journal of Herpetology. 54 (1): 43–51. Bibcode:2005AfJH...54...43M. doi:10.1080/21564574.2005.9635516. ISSN 2156-4574. S2CID 83968220.

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