Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844) is a animal in the Gerrhosauridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844) (Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844))
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Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844)

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844)

Cordylosaurus is a monotypic lizard genus containing only the single species the blue-black plated lizard, Cordylosaurus subtessellatus.

Genus
Cordylosaurus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844)

The genus name Cordylosaurus comes from the Greek words kordū́lē (meaning 'club') and saûros (meaning 'lizard'). Cordylosaurus is a monotypic genus of lizards, meaning only one species is assigned to this genus: Cordylosaurus subtessellatus, commonly known as the blue-black plated lizard.

Photo: (c) Alex Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alex Rebelo · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Gerrhosauridae Cordylosaurus

More from Gerrhosauridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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