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Rooiberg girdled lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Cordylus
Species:	C. imkeae
Binomial name
Cordylus imkeae Mouton & Van Wyk, 1994

The Rooiberg girdled lizard (Cordylus imkeae) is a species of small, spiny lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, imkeae, is in honor of German biologist Imke Cordes.

Geographic range

C. imkeae is found in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. imkei is rocky areas of shrubland.

Description

Adults of C. imkeae usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4.0–6.5 cm (1.6–2.6 in).

Reproduction

C. imkei is ovoviviparous.

References

1. ^ Bates, M.F.; Tolley, K.A.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Cordylus imkeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110159395A197422367. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110159395A197422367.en. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
2. ^ Cordylus imkeae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cordylus imkeae, p. 129).
4. 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 imkeae, p. 191 + Plate 104).

Further reading

• Mouton PLFN, Van Wyk JH (1994). "Taxonomic status of geographical isolates in the Cordylus minor complex (Reptilia: Cordylidae): A description of three new species". Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 43: 6–18. (Cordylus imkeae, new species).
• Reissig J (2014). Girdled Lizards and their Relatives: Natural History, Captive Care and Breeding. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 249 pp. ISBN 978-3899734379.
• Stanley EL, Bauer AM, Jackmann TR, Branch WR, Mouton PLFN (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdles lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (1): 53–70.

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