''Gerrhosaurus'' is a
genus of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
s 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
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
are recognized as being valid.
["''Gerrhosaurus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile=database.org.] Some have been reassigned to new
genera
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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
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'' – Kalahari plated lizard
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Gerrhosaurus bulsi
Laurent's plated lizard (''Gerrhosaurus bulsi'') is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family.
It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.
References
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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 East ...
'' – yellow-throated plated lizard
**''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi''
**''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis''
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Gerrhosaurus multilineatus
The keeled plated lizard (''Gerrhosaurus multilineatus'') is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family.
It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Namibia, and Botswana.
References
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Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus
The black-lined plated lizard (''Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus'') is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family.
It is found in Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa,
Zimb ...
'' – black-lined plated lizard
**''Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti''
** ''Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus nigrolineatus''
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Gerrhosaurus skoogi'' – desert plated lizard
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Gerrhosaurus typicus
The Namaqua plated lizard or Karoo plated lizard (''Gerrhosaurus typicus'') is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family.
It is endemic to South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost ...
'' – Namaqua plated lizard
References
Further reading
*Bates MF, Tolley KA, Edwards S, Davids Z, Da Silva JM,
Branch WR (2013). "A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus ''Gerrhosaurus'' Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera". ''Zootaxa'' 3750 (5): 465–493. (''Broadleysaurus'' and ''Matobosaurus'', new genera).
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Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus ''Gerrhosaurus'', p. 178).
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Wiegmann AF (1828). "''Beiträge zur Amphibienkunde'' ". ''Isis von Oken'' 21 (4): 364–383. (''Gerrhosaurus'', new genus, p. 375). (in German).
Gerrhosauridae
Lizards of Africa
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
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