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Gerrhosaurus
''Gerrhosaurus'' is a genus of lizards native to southern and eastern Africa. Habitat Species of ''Gerrhosaurus'' are found in dry, rocky semi-open habitats. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid."''Gerrhosaurus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile=database.org. Some have been reassigned to new genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat .... *'' Gerrhosaurus auritus'' – Kalahari plated lizard *'' Gerrhosaurus bulsi'' *'' Gerrhosaurus flavigularis'' – yellow-throated plated lizard **''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi'' **''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis'' *'' Gerrhosaurus multilineatus'' *'' Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus'' – black-lined plated lizard **''Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrhosaurus
''Gerrhosaurus'' is a genus of lizards native to southern and eastern Africa. Habitat Species of ''Gerrhosaurus'' are found in dry, rocky semi-open habitats. Species and subspecies The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid."''Gerrhosaurus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile=database.org. Some have been reassigned to new genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat .... *'' Gerrhosaurus auritus'' – Kalahari plated lizard *'' Gerrhosaurus bulsi'' *'' Gerrhosaurus flavigularis'' – yellow-throated plated lizard **''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi'' **''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis'' *'' Gerrhosaurus multilineatus'' *'' Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus'' – black-lined plated lizard **''Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desert Plated Lizard
The desert plated lizard (''Gerrhosaurus skoogi'') is a reptile species endemic to the northern Namib Desert in Namibia and Angola. Also known as the sand plated lizard, Lamb T, Meeker AM, :fr:Aaron Matthew Bauer, Bauer AM, Branch WR (2003). "On the systematic status of the desert plated lizard (''Angolosaurus skoogi'' ): phylogenetic inference from DNA sequence analysis of the African Gerrhosauridae". ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 78 (2): 253-261. it is diurnal. E ...
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Gerrhosaurus Flavigularis
The yellow-throated plated lizard or plated lizard (''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis'') is a species of lizard, which is about 45½ cm (18 inches) in total length (including tail) and lives in the grassland and scrub of Sudan, Ethiopia and along Eastern Africa down to South Africa. References Description A ground-living and burrowing lizard, this species is usually greenish-grey or brownish, with a yellow (or sometimes red) throat and often a narrow stripe down each side. It is well armored, with hard body plates, and head shields fused to the skull. The tail is generally about two-thirds of the total length. Its limbs are well-developed, though its four five-toed feet are not specially adapted for digging. These lizards mate during the summer. In mating season the males head change color to either red, yellow or even light blue. It was first described in 1828 by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann, Weigmann, based on specimens at the Natural History Museum in Berlin that were collected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerrhosaurus Auritus
The Kalahari plated lizard (''Gerrhosaurus auritus'') is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. References Gerrhosaurus Reptiles described in 1887 Taxa named by Oskar Boettger {{lizard-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
