Armadillo lizard dragon4/1/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Mozambique Girdled Lizard is also called the Flame-bellied Armadillo Lizard, Gorongosa Girdled Lizard, or ''Cordylus gorongosa''. Both species were once considered to be subspecies of the Warren’s Girdled Lizard. Males are distinguished from the closely related Regal Girdled Lizard by the black chin and throat and the presence of brown patch in front of the cloaca on the belly. The belly and sides are gray with orange and black mottles on the lower jaws and throat. Females and juveniles are dark brown above with small cream spots scattered on the neck and back. Males are dark brown to black above with bright orange undersides and black throats. Mozambique Girdled Lizards reach 137.5 mm from snout to vent and 281 mm in total length. It lives in rock outcrops in grasslands and dry, wooded mountain slopes. 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. ![]()
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