Smaug breyeri

Species of lizard

Smaug breyeri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Cordylidae
Genus: Smaug
Species:
S. breyeri
Binomial name
Smaug breyeri
(Van Dam, 1921)
Synonyms[2]
  • Zonurus breyeri
    Van Dam, 1921
  • Cordylus warreni breyeri
    — V. FitzSimons, 1943
  • Cordylus breyeri
    — Branch, 1998
  • Smaug breyeri
    — E. Stanley et al., 2011

Smaug breyeri, also known commonly as the Waterberg dragon lizard or the Waterberg girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae. The species is endemic to South Africa.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, breyeri, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Hermann Gottfried Breyer.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. breyeri is rocky areas of savanna, at altitudes of 700–1,700 m (2,300–5,600 ft).[1]

Description

Adults of S. breyeri usually have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 11–12 cm (4.3–4.7 in), but may grow as large as 14.5 cm (5.7 in) SVL.[4]

Reproduction

S. breyeri is viviparous.[2] Two to four young are born in summer. Compared to adults, the neonates are quite large, each measuring about 11 cm (4.3 in) in total length (including tail).[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Bates, M.F.; Mouton, P.L.F.N. (2018). "Smaug breyeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T110167723A115679902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T110167723A115679902.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Smaug breyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cordylus warreni breyeri, p. 38).
  4. ^ a b Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Cordylus breyeri, p. 197 + Plate 105).

Further reading

  • FitzSimons VF (1943). The Lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No. 1. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum. xvi + 528 pp. (Cordylus warreni breyeri, new combination).
  • Stanley EL, Bauer AM, Jackman TR, Branch WR, Mouton PLFN (2011). "Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58 (1): 53–70. (Smaug breyeri, new combination).
  • Van Dam GPF (1921). "Descriptions of new species of Zonurus, and notes on the species of Zonurus occurring in the Transvaal". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 7 (4): 239–243. (Zonurus breyeri, new species).


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Extant Cordylidae species
Chamaesaura
  • Transvaal grass lizard (C. aenea)
  • Cape grass lizard (C. anguina)
  • Large-scale grass lizard (C. macrolepis)
  • Zambian grass lizard (C. miopropus)
  • Cape snake lizard (C. tenuior)
Cordylus
  • Angolan girdled lizard (C. angolensis)
  • Maasai girdled lizard (C. beraduccii)
  • Cape girdled lizard (C. cordylus)
  • Rooiberg girdled lizard (C. imkeae)
  • Limpopo girdled lizard (C. jonesii)
  • Machado's girdled lizard (C. machadoi)
  • Coastal spiny-tailed lizard (C. macropholis)
  • Marungu girdled lizard (C. marunguensis)
  • McLachlan's girdled lizard (C. mclachlani)
  • Mecula girdled lizard (C. meculae)
  • Western dwarf girdled lizard (C. minor)
  • Kaokoveld girdled lizard (C. namakuiyus)
  • Black girdled lizard (C. niger)
  • Nyika girdled lizard (C. nyikae)
  • Oelofsen's girdled lizard (C. oelofseni)
  • N’Dolondolo girdled lizard (C. phonolithos)
  • Rhodesian girdled lizard (C. rhodesianus)
  • Ethiopian girdled lizard (C. rivae)
  • East African spiny-tailed lizard (C. tropidosternum)
  • Ukinga girdled lizard (C. ukingensis)
  • Transvaal girdled lizard (C. vittifer)
Hemicordylus
  • Cape cliff lizard (H. capensis)
  • Dwarf cliff lizard (H. nebulosus)
Karusasaurus
  • Jordan's girdled lizard (K. jordani)
  • African spiny-tailed lizard (K. polyzonus)
Namazonurus
  • Campbell's girdled lizard (N. campbelli)
  • Lawrence's girdled lizard (N. lawrenci)
  • Namaqua girdled lizard (N. namaquensis)
  • Peers’s girdled lizard (N. peersi)
  • Herero girdled lizard (N. pustulatus)
Ninurta
  • Blue-spotted girdled lizard (N. coeruleopunctatus)
Ouroboros
  • Armadillo girdled lizard (O. cataphractus)
Platysaurus
  • Attenborough's flat lizard (P. attenboroughi)
  • Broadley's flat lizard (P. broadleyi)
  • Cape flat lizard (P. capensis)
  • Dwarf flat lizard (P. guttatus)
  • Emperor flat lizard (P. imperator)
  • Common flat lizard (P. intermedius)
  • Lebombo flat lizard (P. lebomboensis)
  • Spotted flat lizard (P. maculatus)
  • Waterberg flat lizard (P. minor)
  • Mitchell's flat lizard (P. mitchelli)
  • Orange-throated flat lizard (P. monotropis)
  • Ocellated flat lizard (P. ocellatus)
  • Sekukhune flat lizard (P. orientalis)
  • Pungwe flat lizard (P. pungweensis)
  • Soutpansberg flat lizard (P. relictus)
  • Striped flat lizard (P. torquatus)
Pseudocordylus
  • Lang's crag lizard (P. langi)
  • Highveld crag lizard (P. melanotus)
  • Cape crag lizard (P. microlepidotus)
  • Spiny crag lizard (P. spinosus)
  • Drakensberg crag lizard (P. subviridis)
  • Northern crag lizard (P. transvaalensis)
Smaug
  • Barberton girdled lizard (S. barbertonensis)
  • Waterberg girdled lizard (S. breyeri)
  • Zoutpansberg girdled lizard (S. depressus)
  • Giant girdled lizard (S. giganteus)
  • Mozambique girdled lizard (S. mossambicus)
  • Regal girdled lizard (S. regius)
  • Swazi dragon lizard (S. swazicus)
  • Van Dam's girdled lizard (S. vandami)
  • Warren's girdled lizard (S. warreni)
Taxon identifiers
Smaug breyeri


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