Gerrhosaurus

Gerrhosaurus is a genus of lizards native to southern and eastern Africa.

Gerrhosaurus
G. flavigularis in the Kruger N. P.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamily: Gerrhosaurinae
Genus: Gerrhosaurus
Wiegmann, 1828

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.[1] Some have been reassigned to new genera.

  • Gerrhosaurus auritus Boettger, 1887 – Kalahari plated lizard
  • Gerrhosaurus bulsi Laurent, 1954
  • Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828 – yellow-throated plated lizard
    • Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi Loveridge, 1942
    • Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828
  • Gerrhosaurus major A.H.A. Duméril, 1851 = Broadleysaurus major – Sudan plated lizard
  • Gerrhosaurus multilineatus Bocage, 1866
  • Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Hallowell, 1857 – black-lined plated lizard
    • Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti Hellmich & Schmelcher, 1956
    • Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus nigrolineatus Hallowell, 1857
  • Gerrhonotus skoogi Andersson, 1916 – desert plated lizard
  • Gerrhosaurus typicus A. Smith, 1837 – Namaqua plated lizard
  • Gerrhosaurus validus A. Smith, 1849 = Matobosaurus validus – giant plated lizard
    • Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni De Grys, 1938 = Matobosaurus maltzahni
    • Gerrhosaurus validus validus A. Smith, 1849 = Matobosaurus validus

References
  1. "Gerrhosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile=database.org.

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).
  • 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. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Gerrhosaurus, p. 178).
  • Wiegmann AF (1828). "Beiträge zur Amphibienkunde ". Isis von Oken 21 (4): 364–383. (Gerrhosaurus, new genus, p. 375). (in German).


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