East African spiny-tailed lizard

East African armadillo lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Cordylus
Species:
C. tropidosternum
Binomial name
Cordylus tropidosternum
(Cope, 1869)
Synonyms[2]
  • Zonurus tropidosternum
    Cope, 1869
  • Zonurus parkeri
    Cott, 1934
  • Cordylus tropidosternum
    — V. FitzSimons, 1943

The East African armadillo lizard, dwarf sungazer, or tropical girdled lizard (Cordylus tropidosternum) is a species of arboreal or rupicolous (rock-dwelling) lizard endemic to East Africa.

  1. ^ Tolley, K.A.; Alexander, G.J. (2021). "Cordylus tropidosternum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44647989A44887050. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Cordylus tropidosternum ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.