| Ninurta coeruleopunctatus | |
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| At Nature's Valley, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Ninurta Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch, & Mouton, 2011 |
| Species: | N. coeruleopunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ninurta coeruleopunctatus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Zonurus coeruleopunctatus Hewitt and Methuen, 1913 | |
Ninurta coeruleopunctatus (syn. Cordylus coeruleopunctatus), the blue-spotted girdled lizard or simply blue-spotted lizard, is a monotypic genus that is endemic to southern, coastal South Africa.[1][2] The Ninurta coeruleopunctatus, as a member of the Cordylinae subfamily, demonstrates significant variability in body armor. This variation is a cause of the diverse evolutionary pressures within the subfamily. The environments aridity is the significant cause for this body armour's evolution.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Bates, M.F. & Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Ninurta coeruleopunctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110163048A115676289. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110163048A115676289.en.
- ^ a b Ninurta coeruleopunctatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 December 2018.
External links[edit]
- Blue-spotted girdled lizard
- Ninurta gen. nov.: Stanley et al, 2011, Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)
Media related to Blue-spotted girdled lizard at Wikimedia Commons
