Ninurta coeruleopunctatus
Species of lizard from South Africa
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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.
| Ninurta coeruleopunctatus | |
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| At Nature's Valley, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Cordylidae |
| Genus: | Ninurta Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch, & Mouton, 2011 |
| Species: | N. coeruleopunctatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ninurta coeruleopunctatus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Zonurus coeruleopunctatus Hewitt and Methuen, 1913 | |
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