Giant girdled lizard head closeup, Reptile Zoo "Iguana", Vlissingen

The giant girdled lizard , also known as the sungazer, giant spiny-tailed lizard or giant zonure, is the largest species of girdled lizard. It is known as ouvolk in Afrikaans communities, mbedhla in Zulu and Patagaly or Pagataly in Sotho. Unlike the other rock-dwelling members of Cordylidae, giant girdled lizards live in self-excavated burrows in the silty soil of the ''Themeda'' grassland in South Africa. The alternative name sungazer comes from their habit of sitting at their burrow entrances.. more