Machadoe's girdled lizard (''Cordylus machadoi'') is a flattened girdled lizard from southwestern Angola and northwestern Namibia. They are found as solitary individuals or in pairs on rock outcrops in arid

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. It can be identified, along with ''

Cordylus vittifer The Transvaal girdled lizard or Reichenow's spiny-tailed lizard (''Cordylus vittifer'') is a very flattened girdled lizard from northeastern South Africa, Eswatini Eswatini ( ; ss, eSwatini ), officially the Kingdom of Eswatini and former ...

'', by have an elongate first row of dorsal scales. Machadoe's girdled lizard is uniform yellow brown above and paler below. The head is dark brown with pale lips. The pale vertebral stripe found in the ''

'' is not present. Adults reach 78 mm in length from snout to vent.

References

Branch, B., 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, 399 p. {{Taxonbar, from=Q636171 Cordylus Reptiles of Namibia Reptiles of Angola Reptiles described in 1964 Taxa named by Raymond Laurent