Zoutpansberg girdled lizard

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Zoutpansberg girdled lizard

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Smaug
Species:	S. depressus
Binomial name
*Smaug depressus* (FitzSimons, 1930)
Synonyms^[2]
Zonurus barbertonensis depressus Fitzsimons, 1930 Zonurus laevigatus Fitzsimons, 1933 Cordylus laevigatus Fitzsimons, 1943 Cordylus warreni depressus Fitzsimons, 1943 Cordylus depressus Cordylus warreni laevigatus Loveridge, 1944 Smaug warreni depressus Stanley et al, 2011

Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (Smaug depressus) is a species of the genus Smaug.^[2]^[3] This species is only found on and around the Soutpansberg in South Africa and was before considered a subspecies of Warren's girdled lizard. Zoutpansberg girdled lizard's grow to a length up to 16 centimeters.

Reproduction

To prevent females of getting away at the first approach, the male approaches the female during mating season very cautiously. He nods his head constantly to make its peaceful intentions cognizable. After mating it takes six months before two to five young are born.

References

^ Bates, M.F.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Smaug depressus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110167260A115679688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110167260A115679688.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Smaug&species=depressus&search_param=(
^ "iNaturalist.ca · Zoutpansberg Girdled Lizard (Subspecies Smaug warreni depressus)". iNaturalist.ca. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

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Hemicordylus	Cape cliff lizard (H. capensis) Dwarf cliff lizard (H. nebulosus)
Karusasaurus	Jordan's girdled lizard (K. jordani) African spiny-tailed lizard (K. polyzonus)
Namazonurus	Campbell's girdled lizard (N. campbelli) Lawrence's girdled lizard (N. lawrenci) Namaqua girdled lizard (N. namaquensis) Peers’s girdled lizard (N. peersi) Herero girdled lizard (N. pustulatus)
Ninurta	Blue-spotted girdled lizard (N. coeruleopunctatus)
Ouroboros	Armadillo girdled lizard (O. cataphractus)
Platysaurus	Attenborough's flat lizard (P. attenboroughi) Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi) Cape flat lizard (P. capensis) Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus) Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator) Common flat lizard (P. intermedius) Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis) Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus) Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor) Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchelli) Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis) Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus) Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis) Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis) Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus) Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus)
Pseudocordylus	Lang's crag lizard (P. langi) Highveld crag lizard (P. melanotus) Cape crag lizard (P. microlepidotus) Spiny crag lizard (P. spinosus) Drakensberg crag lizard (P. subviridis) Northern crag lizard (P. transvaalensis)
Smaug	Barberton girdled lizard (S. barbertonensis) Waterberg girdled lizard (S. breyeri) Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (S. depressus) Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus) Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus) Regal girdled lizard (S. regius) Swazi dragon lizard (S. swazicus) Van Dam's girdled lizard (S. vandami) Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni)

Taxon identifiers
Smaug depressus	Wikidata: Q18603897 Wikispecies: Smaug depressus CoL: 6YS5G GBIF: 9407262 iNaturalist: 540213 ITIS: 1141935 IUCN: 110167260 NCBI: 885421 Open Tree of Life: 376038 RD: depressus

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