| Pseudocordylus melanotus | |
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| P. melanotus in the Magaliesberg | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocordylus |
| Species: | P. melanotus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocordylus melanotus (
A. Smith, 1838)
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Pseudocordylus melanotus, also known as the common crag lizard or Highveld crag lizard, is a species of lizard found in Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa. [1] [2] Pseudocordylus subviridis is considered a distinct species by the Reptile Database, [2] but a subspecies of Pseudocordylus melanotus by IUCN. [1]
Pseudocordylus melanotus an ovoviviparous lizard, tolerant of temperatures no lower than –5 °C, [3] [4] and consequently occurring on rocky outcrops, hills and mountains throughout southern Africa. Various subspecies are found in the inland mountains of the Eastern Cape ( Amatole– Great Winterberg) and Cape Fold Mountains, the Natal and Transvaal Drakensberg and foothills, Lesotho and Eswatini [5] with an isolated population at Suikerbosrand, [6] and also at the Magaliesberg which geologically is part of the Transvaal Drakensberg. [7] [8] The type specimen was collected by the Scots zoologist Andrew Smith in 1838 in the hills between the main branches of the Orange River east of Philippolis, Orange Free State. [9]
References
- ^ a b c Bates, M.F. (2018). "Pseudocordylus melanotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110166700A115678379. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110166700A115678379.en. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ a b Pseudocordylus melanotus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 May 2021.
- ^ McConnachie, S.; Alexander, G.J.; Whiting, M.J. (2007). "Lower temperature tolerance in the temperate, ambush foraging lizard Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus". Journal of Thermal Biology. 32 (2): 66–71. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.10.002.
- ^ McConnachie, Suzanne (October 27, 2006). An energy budget for the lizard Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus, an extreme sit-and-wait forager (Doctoral dissertation). University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. hdl: 10539/1491.
- ^ "Common Crag Lizard". Eswatini's Reptiles Database. Eswatini National Trust Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ McConnachie, Suzanne (2014). "The effects of temperature on oxygen consumption in the lizard Pseudocordylus melanotus from Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve". African Journal of Herpetology. 63 (1): 57–69. doi: 10.1080/21564574.2014.892901. S2CID 85942614.
- ^ Bates, Michael Francis (April 2007). An analysis of the Pseudocordylus melanotus complex (Sauria: Cordylidae) (Doctoral dissertation). Stellenbosch University. hdl: 10019.1/21451.
- ^ Ed Stanley. "Pseudocordylus Smith 1838".
- ^ Broadley, D. G. (2006). "CITES Standard reference for the species of Cordylus (Cordylidae, Reptilia) prepared at the request of the CITES Nomenclature Committee" (PDF). CITES.
External links
- iSpot records
- List of South African reptiles - Johan Marais
- Van Der Wardt, S. T.; Kik, M. J.; Klaver, P. S.; Janse, M; Beynen, A. C. (1999). "Calcium balance in Drakensberg crag lizards (Pseudocordylus melanotus melanotus; Cordylidae)". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 30 (4): 541–4. JSTOR 20095918. PMID 10749442.
- Flemming, A. F. (1993). "The Male Reproductive Cycle of the Lizard Pseudocordylus m. melanotus (Sauria: Cordylidae)". Journal of Herpetology. 27 (4): 473–8. doi: 10.2307/1564842. JSTOR 1564842.