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1472:IUCN Red List least concern species
323:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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598:Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (
1166:Zoutpansberg girdled lizard
922:Attenborough's flat lizard (
679:N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (
616:McLachlan's girdled lizard (
823:Lawrence's girdled lizard (
814:Campbell's girdled lizard (
670:Oelofsen's girdled lizard (
395:The Lizards of South Africa
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1487:Reptiles described in 1844
1182:Mozambique girdled lizard
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898:Armadillo girdled lizard (
724:Transvaal girdled lizard (
697:Ethiopian girdled lizard (
688:Rhodesian girdled lizard (
643:Kaokoveld girdled lizard (
589:Machado's girdled lizard (
502:Large-scale grass lizard (
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1158:Waterberg girdled lizard
1150:Barberton girdled lizard
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781:Jordan's girdled lizard (
571:Rooiberg girdled lizard (
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832:Namaqua girdled lizard (
607:Marungu girdled lizard (
580:Limpopo girdled lizard (
544:Angolan girdled lizard (
484:Transvaal grass lizard (
1030:Sekukhune flat lizard (
1021:Ocellated flat lizard (
994:Waterberg flat lizard (
850:Herero girdled lizard (
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553:Maasai girdled lizard (
1126:Northern crag lizard (
1090:Highveld crag lizard (
661:Nyika girdled lizard (
652:Black girdled lizard (
511:Zambian grass lizard (
1190:Regal girdled lizard
1174:Giant girdled lizard
1057:Striped flat lizard (
985:Spotted flat lizard (
976:Lebombo flat lizard (
958:Emperor flat lizard (
562:Cape girdled lizard (
35:Black girdled lizard
1198:Swazi dragon lizard
1081:Lang's crag lizard (
1039:Pungwe flat lizard (
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876:N. coeruleopunctatus
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218:black girdled lizard
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1108:Spiny crag lizard (
949:Dwarf flat lizard (
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493:Cape grass lizard (
56:Conservation status
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942:P. capensis
913:Platysaurus
825:N. lawrenci
805:Namazonurus
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726:C. vittifer
591:C. machadoi
564:C. cordylus
475:Chamaesaura
343:18 November
1466:Categories
783:K. jordani
627:C. meculae
582:C. jonesii
522:C. tenuior
495:C. anguina
433:Cordylidae
369:2010-12-15
299:References
153:Cordylidae
1374:110159757
889:Ouroboros
843:N. peersi
663:C. nyikae
573:C. imkeae
444:Kingdom:
230:Langebaan
171:Species:
109:Kingdom:
103:Eukaryota
1477:Cordylus
1434:Species+
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1293:BioLib:
1257:Q2997194
1251:Wikidata
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996:P. minor
699:C. rivae
654:C. niger
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1141:Smaug
202:Smith
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