East African spiny-tailed lizard

East African armadillo lizard
Scientific 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
  • 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.

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