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Cordylidae - English, German
URL: http://www.swissherp.org/Reptiles/Cordylidae/Cordylidae.html

Pictures of glass and alligator lizards (Cordylidae).

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Cordylidae - English
URL: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Reptilia

Tree.

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Cordylidae - English
URL: http://www.curator.org/LegacyVMNH/WebOfLife/Kingdom/P_Chordata/ClassReptilia/O_S

Armadillo lizards represent an entirely African family of live-bearing species. The largest may grow to about 49 cm / 20 inches, but most are between 15-30 cm (6-12 inches) in total length. Cordylids are recognized by the depressed, arrow-shaped head which is covered in large plates, and strongly keeled tail scales that form annuli. Eyelids and ear openings are present. All species have well-developed limbs with five digits. The skin contains osteoderms. The teeth are hollow at the base. The parasternum is absent.

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Cordylidae - English
URL: http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Cordylidae.html

Most species occur in South Africa and adjacent countries, only Cordylus angolensis and C. rivae can be found further north around Angola or Ethiopia, respectively.

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