REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: CORDYLIDAE: Cordylus

Cordylus ukingensis Author and date

Ukinga Girdled Lizard

Photos and text by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Range: Limited to the Ukinga region of Tanzania, East Africa.

Diagnosis: An armadillo lizard with short head and blunt body keels, a conspicuous black oval on each side of the neck that reaches to the shoulders, and white lips and throat.

Description:

Natural History: Largely unknown. Most data about this species has come from captive animals. They are diurnal insect eaters found on trees. They take shelter under bark and in holes in the trees.

Reproduction: Live bearing.

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Literature:

Sprawls, S, Kim Howell, R. Drewes, and J. Ashe. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, San Diego.