Smaug (lizard)
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Smaug is a genus of lizards in the family Cordylidae. The genus Smaug is a group of species of spiny southern African lizards, separated from the genus Cordylus in 2011 on the basis of a comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the Cordylidae. The type species is the giant girdled lizard, S. giganteus (formerly Cordylus giganteus).[1]
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Smaug | |
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Giant girdled lizard (Smaug giganteus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Cordylidae |
Genus: | Smaug Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch, & Mouton, 2011[1] |
Diversity | |
9 species (see text) |
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