One or other of the limbless vertebrates constituting the reptilian order Ophidia (characterized by a greatly elongated body, tapering tail, and…

An old book-name of the water-newt, or some allied animal; in later use applied to a genus of lizards (Cordylus).

(a) a South African legless lizard, Chamaesaura anguina (family Cordylidae), having reduced monodactylous limbs (now rare); (b) any of various…

A lizard of the genus Zonurus or family Zonuridæ, found in South Africa, Madagascar, and other countries.