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1462:P. spinosus
1402:P. relictus
1303:P. guttatus
1294:P. capensis
1265:Platysaurus
1177:N. lawrenci
1157:Namazonurus
1102:H. capensis
1078:C. vittifer
943:C. machadoi
916:C. cordylus
827:Chamaesaura
733:Broadley DG
629:Beolens, Bo
614:19 December
592:Uetz, Peter
571:18 November
465:pattern of
457:Description
1868:Categories
1135:K. jordani
979:C. meculae
934:C. jonesii
874:C. tenuior
847:C. anguina
785:Cordylidae
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524:References
512:C. jonesii
508:C. jonesii
496:C. jonesii
484:subspecies
467:C. jonesii
443:C. jonesii
417:C. jonesii
390:Mozambique
374:C. jonesii
331:Cordylidae
146:Cordylidae
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1241:Ouroboros
1195:N. peersi
1015:C. nyikae
925:C. imkeae
796:Kingdom:
341:Etymology
254:Loveridge
196:Boulenger
164:Species:
102:Kingdom:
96:Eukaryota
1879:Cordylus
1776:Species+
1690:10363870
1609:Q2997183
1603:Wikidata
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1348:P. minor
1051:C. rivae
1006:C. niger
988:C. minor
887:Cordylus
838:C. aenea
816:Squamata
810:Reptilia
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402:arboreal
386:Zimbabwe
382:Botswana
355:holotype
308:commonly
280:Broadley
267:Auerbach
205:Synonyms
157:Cordylus
142:Family:
136:Squamata
126:Reptilia
116:Chordata
112:Phylum:
106:Animalia
92:Domain:
69:IUCN 3.1
1768:jonesii
1703:1141907
1664:5227200
1217:Ninurta
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787:species
783:Extant
694:Zonurus
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430:, and
406:mopane
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328:family
324:lizard
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243:, 1943
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420:preys
229:Power
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1724:NCBI
1711:IUCN
1698:ITIS
1659:GBIF
1651:YD5W
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645:ISBN
616:2018
573:2021
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