klipsalamander

noun

klip·​salamander

: a spiny girdle-tailed lizard (Cordylus cordylus) that is widely distributed in rocky uplands of southern Africa and that exhibits black and yellowish or reddish color phases

broadly : girdletailed lizard

Word History

Etymology

Afrikaans, from klip + salamander

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