Hemicordylus nebulosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Hemicordylus
Species: Hemicordylus nebulosus

Name

Hemicordylus nebulosus (Mouton & Van Wyk, 1995)

• Holotype: SAM 50905, adult ♂, collected on 10 June 1993.
• Type locality: “Northern slope of Landdroskop in the Hottentotsholland Mountains (34°59'30" E; 3418 BB Somerset West), in the Western Cape, South Africa, at an altitude of 1200 m above sea level and within the mist belt that occupies the higher parts of these mountains.”

Combinations

• Pseudocordylus nebulosus Mouton & Van Wyk, 1995: 391 [original combination]
• Cordylus nebulosus — Frost et al., 2001: 14 [subsequent combination, by implication]
• Hemicordylus nebulosus — Stanley et al., 2011: 66 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Mouton, P. Le F.N. & van Wyk, J.H. 1995. A new crag lizard from the Cape Folded Mountains in South Africa. Amphibia-Reptilia 16(4): 389–399. DOI: 10.1163/156853895X00460 Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Janies, D., Mouton, P. Le F.N. & Titus, T.A. 2001. A molecular perspective on the phylogeny of the girdled lizards (Cordylidae, Squamata). American Museum Novitates 3310: 1–10. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)310<0001:AMPOTP>2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/2927 Reference page. 
• Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Branch, W.R. & Mouton, P. Le F.N. 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024 Reference page. 

Links

• Tolley, K.A., Weeber, J., Alexander, G.J., Pietersen, D., Conradie, W. & Bates, M.F. 2022. IUCN: Hemicordylus nebulosus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T110160538A197423495. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T110160538A197423495.en. Accessed on 30 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Dwarf/Cloudy Crag Lizard