Gorongosa Girdled Lizard

The Mozambique girdled lizard or flame-bellied armadillo lizard (Smaug mossambicus) is a large, flattened, girdled lizard found on Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique and low elevations in the Chimanimani Mountains at the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It lives in rock outcrops in grasslands and dry, wooded mountain slopes. The Mozambique girdled lizard is also called the Gorongosa girdled lizard or Cordylus gorongosa (not a valid taxon name).

Smaug mossambicus est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Cordylidae. Répartition Cette espèce se rencontre au Zimbabwe et au Mozambique. Publication originale FitzSimons, 1958 : A new Cordylus from Gorongoza, Mocambique.

Smaug es un género de reptiles escamosos de la familia Cordylidae propios del sur de África. Especies Se reconocen las siguientes ocho especies:​ Smaug barbertonensis (Van Dam, 1921) Smaug breyeri (Van Dam, 1921) Smaug depressus (Fitzsimons, 1930) Smaug giganteus (Smith, 1844) Smaug mossambicus (Fitzsimons, 1958) Smaug regius (Broadley, 1962) Smaug vandami (Fitzsimons, 1930) Smaug warreni (Boulenger, 1908) Referencias Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch & Le Fras Nortier Mouton, 2011 : Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata:…