Gerrhosaurus
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Gerrhosaurus is a genus of lizards native to southern and eastern Africa.
Habitat
Species of Gerrhosaurus are found in dry, rocky semi-open habitats.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1] Some have been reassigned to new genera.
- Gerrhosaurus auritus Boettger, 1887Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Kalahari plated lizard
- Gerrhosaurus bulsi Laurent, 1954Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – yellow-throated plated lizard
- Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi Loveridge, 1942Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhosaurus multilineatus Bocage, 1866Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Hallowell, 1857Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – black-lined plated lizard
- Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti Hellmich & Schmelcher, 1956Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus nigrolineatus Hallowell, 1857Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhosaurus skoogi Andersson, 1916Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – desert plated lizard
- Gerrhosaurus typicus A. Smith, 1837Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 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).
- 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. Template:ISBN. (Genus Gerrhosaurus, p. 178).
- Wiegmann AF (1828). "Beiträge zur Amphibienkunde ". Isis von Oken 21 (4): 364–383. (Gerrhosaurus, new genus, p. 375). (in German).
- ↑ "Gerrhosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile=database.org.