Family

Girdle-tail Lizards

Cordylidae

20 species in our catalog · found in 10 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassSquamata
FamilyCordylidae (Girdle-tail Lizards)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Cordylus niger

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Platysaurus intermedius

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Pseudocordylus subviridis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Ninurta coeruleopunctatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Chamaesaura aenea

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

LC Endemic

Cordylus cordylus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cordylus tropidosternum

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Smaug mossambicus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Karusasaurus polyzonus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chamaesaura anguina

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

LC Endemic

Karusasaurus jordani

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Chamaesaura macrolepis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Cordylus jonesii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Pseudocordylus melanotus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Smaug barbertonensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Platysaurus lebomboensis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Smaug vandami

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Smaug warreni

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Platysaurus orientalis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~20%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~20%

May

~10%

Jun

~10%

Jul

~20%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~20%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Girdle-tail Lizards

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4	~60%
	Black Girdled Lizard			~50%
	Cape Crag Lizard			~20%
	Cape Snake Lizard			~10%
	Cape Girdled Lizard			<5%
2	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~40%
	Drakensberg Crag Lizard			~30%
	Transvaal Snake Lizard			Insufficient data
3	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	4	~40%
	Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard			~20%
	Cape Girdled Lizard			~10%
	Cape Snake Lizard			~10%
	Cape Crag Lizard			<5%
4	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	9	~30%
	Common Flat Lizard			~10%
	Limpopo Girdled Lizard			~10%
	Highveld Crag Lizard			<5%
	Barberton Girdled Lizard			<5%
	Van Dam’s Girdled Lizard			Insufficient data
	Warren's Girdled Lizard			Insufficient data
	Sekukhune flat lizard			Insufficient data
	Cape Snake Lizard			Insufficient data
	Black Girdled Lizard			Insufficient data
5	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	1	~30%
	Common Flat Lizard			~30%
6	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	~20%
	Cape Girdled Lizard			~20%
	Cape Snake Lizard			<5%
	Cape Crag Lizard			Insufficient data
7	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2	~20%
	Tropical Girdled Lizard			Insufficient data
	Gorongosa Girdled Lizard			Insufficient data
8	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	2	~10%
	Karoo Girdled Lizard			~10%
	Jordan’s Girdled Lizard			Insufficient data
9	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~10%
	Large-scale Snake Lizard			Insufficient data
	Lebombo Flat Lizard			Insufficient data
10	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	1	~10%
	Tropical Girdled Lizard			Insufficient data