Mozambique Girdled Lizard (Cordylus mossambicus)

The Mozambique Girdled Lizard is a large, flattened girdled lizard found in the Gorongosa Mountains in Mozambique and low elevations in the Chimanimani Mountains at the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. It lives in rock outcrops in grasslands and dry, wooded mountain slopes.

Mozambique Girdled Lizards reach 137.5 mm from snout to vent and 281 mm in total length . Males are dark brown to black above with bright orange undersides and black throats. Females and juveniles are dark brown.. more