Combinations

• Cordylus warreni regius Broadley, 1962: 808 [original combination]
• Cordylus regius — Branch, 1998 [name combination, elevate to species]
• Smaug regius — Stanley et al., 2011: 64 [name combination]

Primary references

• Broadley, D.G. 1962. On some reptile collections from the north-western and north-eastern districts of Southern Rhodesia, 1958-61, with descriptions of four new lizards. Occasional papers. Natural sciences 3(26B): 787–843. Reference page. 

• Branch, W.R. 1998. Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Fully Revised and Updated to Include 83 New Species. Ralph Curtis Books: Sanibel Island, Florida. 399 pp. Reference page. 

• Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Jackman, T.R., Branch, W.R. & Mouton, P. Le F.N. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(1): 53–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.08.024 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Stanley, E.L. & Bates, M.F. 2014. Here be dragons: a phylogenetic and biogeographical study of the Smaug warreni species complex (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4): 892–909. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12187 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Smaug regius. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 September 2017.