Daniel Heuclin / Armadillo Lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) biting its own tail while trying to roll into a defensive ball, captive, from South Africa

Fabio Pupin / Karoo Girdled Lizard, (Karusasaurus polyzonus), black morph, covered in sea salt, Little Namaqualand, South Africa, February . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Cape girdled lizard, (Cordylus cordylus), South Africa, February . Non-ex.

Fabio Pupin / Karoo Girdled Lizard, (Karusasaurus polyzonus), basking on rock, Little Namaqualand, South Africa, February . Non-ex.

Piotr Naskrecki / Mozambique Girdled Lizard (Smaug mossambicus), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Michael Hutchinson / Cape girdled lizard (Cordylus cordylus) in rock crevice, De Hoop, South Africa, December.

Michael Hutchinson / Black girdled lizard (Cordylus niger) on rock, Cape Peninsula, South Africa, December.

Michael Hutchinson / Black girdled lizard (Cordylus niger) on rock, Cape Peninsula, South Africa, December.

Tony Phelps / Cape grass lizard (Chamaesaura anguina) deHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa, December

Piotr Naskrecki / Cape Flat Lizard (Platysaurus capensis) male basking, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Karoo girdled lizard (Cordylus polyzonus) in rocky shoreline habitat. Noup, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Karoo girdled lizard (Cordylus polyzonus) Noup, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa