Jordan’s girdled lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Cordylidae |
Genus: | Karusasaurus |
Species: | K. jordani
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Binomial name | |
Karusasaurus jordani (Parker, 1936)
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Karusasaurus jordani, Jordan's girdled lizard or the Namibian girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. It is a small, spiny lizard found in Namibia.[1][2]
The specific name, jordani, is in honor of German-born British entomologist Heinrich Ernst Karl Jordan.[3]