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''Cordylus meculae'', the Mecula girdled lizard, is a third species from the Rhodesian girdled lizard complex, and was described from
Mount Mecula Mount Mecula (Portuguese: ''Serra Mecula'') is a mountain in northern Mozambique. It is located in Niassa Province, near the center of Niassa National Reserve. Mount Mecula is an isolated granite outcrop or inselberg, and is relatively isolated ...
in northern
Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
. It lives in granite outcrops of
montane Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...
grasslands A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natural ...
and dry
miombo The Miombo woodland is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome (in the World Wide Fund for Nature scheme) located primarily in Central Africa. It includes four woodland savanna ecoregions (listed below) characterized b ...
woodland. The nostril pierces the center of the nasal scale and the head shields are rugose. The dorsal coloration is dark brown with paler infusions on the flanks. The head is almost black with yellow lips and scattered yellow flecks on the head and neck. The belly is buff colored.


References

Branch, B., 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, 399 p. Branch, W. R., Rodel, M.-O., and Marais, J., 2005. A new species of rupicolous ''Cordylus'' Laurenti 1768 (Sauria: Cordylidae) from Northern Mozambique: African Journal of Herpetology, 54(2): 131-138.

Broadley, D. G., and Branch, W. R., 2002. A review of the small east African ''Cordylus'' (Sauria: Cordylidae), with the description of a new species: African Journal of Herpetology, 51(1): 9-34. {{Taxonbar, from=Q2997188 Endemic fauna of Mozambique Cordylus Reptiles of Mozambique Reptiles described in 2005 Taxa named by William Roy Branch