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		girdled lizard(also girdle-tailed lizard) nounAn African lizard with rough or spiny scales which give a banded appearance to the body and tail. Also called zonure.- Genus Cordylus, family Cordylidae: several species, in particular the common (or Cape) girdled lizard (C. cordylus).
  Some chameleons, for example, have three prominent horns while girdle-tailed lizards have overlapping scaled armor....- All of the girdle-tailed lizards have very thick scales.
 - This girdled lizard lives in cracked boulders in montane grassland or well-wooded lower slopes.
 
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