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    Species Accepted

    Cordylus niger Cuvier, 1829

    Black Girdled Lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Black Girdled Lizard English
      Cordyle noir French
      Schwarzer Gürtelschweif German
      Sort Bæltehale Danish
      black zonure English
      kruhochvost černý Czech
      Черный поясохвост Russian
      クロヨロイトカゲ Japanese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      25 results
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      Cordes, I.G.; Mouton, P. Le F.N. (1995). The cryptic significance of melanism in cordylid lizards: a case study of Cordylus niger and C. polyzonus. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (44): 16-21.
      Power, J. H. (1930). On the South African species of the genus Zonurus. Annals Transvaal Mus. 14 (1): 11-19.
      Moody, S. M. (1977). Redescription and taxonomic reassignment of Calyptoprymnus verecundus DE VIS (Lacertilia). Copeia 1977 (4): 759-760.
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      Rensburg, D.A. Janse van; Mouton, P. le F.N. & Niekerk, A. van. (2009). Why cordylid lizards are black at the south-western tip of Africa. Journal of Zoology 278: 333–341.
      de Vis, & Charles Walter de. (1905). A new genus of lizard. Ann. Queensland Museum (Brisbane) 6: 46-52.
      Heerden, A. J. van; Mouton, P. le Fras N. & Wyk, Johannes H. van. (1992). Description of a Contact Zone Between Cordylus cordylus and Cordylus niger. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa (Proceedings of the Second H.A.A. Conference, Editors: Branch, William R.; Haagner, Gerald V. & Boycott, Richard C.) (Humewood), 40: 26.
      Switak, Karl H. (1995). Die Gürtelschweife der Gattung Cordylus. TI-Magazin, Nr. 121 (Januar 1995), 42-47.

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