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