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1555:(S. regius)
1473:P. spinosus
1413:P. relictus
1314:P. guttatus
1305:P. capensis
1276:Platysaurus
1188:N. lawrenci
1168:Namazonurus
1113:H. capensis
1089:C. vittifer
954:C. machadoi
927:C. cordylus
838:Chamaesaura
744:Broadley DG
640:Beolens, Bo
625:19 December
603:Uetz, Peter
582:18 November
476:pattern of
468:Description
1879:Categories
1146:K. jordani
990:C. meculae
945:C. jonesii
885:C. tenuior
858:C. anguina
796:Cordylidae
757:(1): 9–34.
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535:References
523:C. jonesii
519:C. jonesii
507:C. jonesii
495:subspecies
478:C. jonesii
454:C. jonesii
428:C. jonesii
401:Mozambique
385:C. jonesii
342:Cordylidae
157:Cordylidae
1727:110159440
1252:Ouroboros
1206:N. peersi
1026:C. nyikae
936:C. imkeae
807:Kingdom:
352:Etymology
265:Loveridge
207:Boulenger
175:Species:
113:Kingdom:
107:Eukaryota
1890:Cordylus
1787:Species+
1701:10363870
1620:Q2997183
1614:Wikidata
1446:P. langi
1359:P. minor
1062:C. rivae
1017:C. niger
999:C. minor
898:Cordylus
849:C. aenea
827:Squamata
821:Reptilia
815:Chordata
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809:Animalia
748:Cordylus
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489:Taxonomy
435:termites
413:arboreal
397:Zimbabwe
393:Botswana
366:holotype
319:commonly
291:Broadley
278:Auerbach
216:Synonyms
168:Cordylus
153:Family:
147:Squamata
137:Reptilia
127:Chordata
123:Phylum:
117:Animalia
103:Domain:
80:IUCN 3.1
1779:jonesii
1714:1141907
1675:5227200
1228:Ninurta
825:Order:
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798:species
794:Extant
705:Zonurus
687:(2004).
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374:Limpopo
362:jonesii
337:in the
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441:, and
417:mopane
399:, and
339:family
335:lizard
297:, 2002
295:Branch
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267:, 1944
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242:, 1930
1830:This
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1696:IRMNG
1688:33034
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443:moths
431:preys
240:Power
1836:stub
1792:7461
1735:NCBI
1722:IUCN
1709:ITIS
1670:GBIF
1662:YD5W
730:ISBN
656:ISBN
627:2018
584:2021
576:2021
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