Ninurta coeruleopunctatus

Ninurta coeruleopunctatus (syn. Cordylus coeruleopunctatus), the blue-spotted girdled lizard or simply blue-spotted lizard, is a monotypic genus that is endemic to southern, coastal South Africa.^[1][2] The Ninurta coeruleopunctatus, as a member of the Cordylinae subfamily, demonstrates significant variability in body armor. This variation is a cause of the diverse evolutionary pressures within the subfamily. The environments aridity is the significant cause for this body armour's evolution.

Ninurta coeruleopunctatus
At Nature's Valley, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Cordylidae
Genus:	Ninurta Stanley, Bauer, Jackman, Branch, & Mouton, 2011
Species:	N. coeruleopunctatus
Binomial name
Ninurta coeruleopunctatus (Methuen & Hewitt, 1913)
Synonyms[2]
Zonurus coeruleopunctatus Hewitt and Methuen, 1913 Cordylus coeruleopunctatus (Hewitt and Methuen, 1913)