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Dragon Girdled Lizards
Smaug
Smaug is a genus of lizards in the family Cordylidae. The genus Smaug is a group of species of spiny southern African lizards, separated from the genus Cordylus in 2011 on the basis of a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the Cordylidae. The type species is the giant girdled lizard, S. giganteus (formerly Cordylus giganteus).
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Van Dam’s Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug vandami
Zoutpansberg Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug depressus
Giant Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug giganteus
Waterberg Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug breyeri
Swazi Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug swazicus
Warren's Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug warreni
Gorongosa Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug mossambicus
Barberton Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug barbertonensis
Regal Girdled Lizard
speciesSmaug regius
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 144052.