''Zonosaurus quadrilineatus'', the four-lined girdled lizard, is a lizard

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

native to an area of approximately 3,300 km around

Toliara Toliara (also known as ''Toliary'', ; formerly ''Tuléar'') is a city in Madagascar. It is the capital of the Atsimo-Andrefana region, located 936 km southwest of national capital Antananarivo. The current spelling of the name was adopted ...

in south-western

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

, and is found in dry habitats from sand dunes to forests. It is known to occur at elevations close to sea level.

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Zonosaurus Reptiles described in 1867 Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier {{lizard-stub