An African lizard with rough or spiny scales which give a banded appearance to the body and tail.
Genus Cordylus, family Cordylidae: several species, in particular the common (or Cape) girdled lizard (C. cordylus)
Also called zonure
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When he retired a few years ago, park officials hurriedly called him back because other scouts were unable to coax out the common flat lizards, geckos, agamas, skinks and plated or girdled lizards.
All of the girdle-tailed lizards have very thick scales.
Like the Cordylids they are often found around rocks, but are definitely less sociable than the girdle-tailed lizards.
Some chameleons, for example, have three prominent horns while girdle-tailed lizards have overlapping scaled armor.
This girdled lizard lives in cracked boulders in montane grassland or well-wooded lower slopes.