Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cordylus. Formerly assigned in Cordylus (sensu lato): species in the genus Hemicordylus species in the genus Karusasaurus species in the genus Namazonurus Blue-spotted girdled lizard, Ninurta coeruleopunctatus Armadillo girdled lizard, Ouroborus cataphractus species in the genus Pseudocordylus species in the genus Smaug References Further reading Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing. 399 pp. . (Genus Cordylus, pp. 185–186). Broadley DG (2006). FitzSimons VF (1943). The Lizards of South Africa. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum Memoir. Laurenti JN (1768). Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum. Vienna: "Joan. Thom. Nob. de Trattnern". 214 pp. + Plates I–V. (Cordylus, new genus, p. 51). (in Latin). Reissig, Jens (2014). Girdled Lizards and their relatives: Natural History, Captive Care and Breeding. (Forward by Aaron M. Bauer). Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 249 pp. . Spawls S, Howell K, Drewes R, Ashe J (2002). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. San Diego: Academic Press. 543 pp. External links Tallbo Live Birth Sungrazers Armadillo Lizards Lizard genera Taxa named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti