Spiny crag lizard

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Spiny crag lizard

| image = Pseudocordylus spinosus, dorsale aansig van kop.png

| image_caption = dorsal view of head

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bates, M.F. |date=2018 |title=Pseudocordylus spinosus |volume=2018 |page=e.T18517A115652769 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T18517A115652769.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Pseudocordylus

| species = spinosus

| authority = Fitzsimons, 1947

| synonyms =

}}

The spiny crag lizard or prickly girdled lizard (Pseudocordylus spinosus) is a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae.

Range

It is found in the northern Drakensberg escarpment of Lesotho and adjacent South Africa, besides a population in southern KwaZulu-Natal.

References