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{{Automatic taxobox
| name          = ''Gerrhosaurus''
| image         = Yellow-throated Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus flavigularis) (14033889705), crop.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Gerrhosaurus flavigularis|G. flavigularis]]'' in the [[Kruger National Park|Kruger N. P.]]
| taxon         = Gerrhosaurus
| authority     = [[Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann|Wiegmann]], 1828
}}

'''''Gerrhosaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lizard]]s native to southern and eastern [[Africa]].

==Habitat==
[[Species]] of ''Gerrhosaurus'' are found in dry, rocky semi-open [[habitat]]s.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}

==Species and subspecies==
The following species and [[subspecies]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>"''Gerrhosaurus'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile=database.org.</ref> Some have been reassigned to new [[Genus|genera]].

*''[[Gerrhosaurus auritus]]'' {{small|[[Oskar Boettger|Boettger]], 1887}} – Kalahari plated lizard
*''[[Gerrhosaurus bulsi]]'' {{small|[[Raymond Laurent|Laurent]], 1954}}
*''[[Gerrhosaurus flavigularis]]'' {{small|[[Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann|Wiegmann]], 1828}} – yellow-throated plated lizard
**''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi'' {{small|[[Arthur Loveridge|Loveridge]], 1942}} 
**''Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis'' {{small|Wiegmann, 1828}}
*''[[Gerrhosaurus multilineatus]]'' {{small|[[José Vicente Barbosa du Bocage|Bocage]], 1866}}
*''[[Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus]]'' {{small|[[Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)|Hallowell]], 1857}} – black-lined plated lizard
**''Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti'' {{small|[[Karl George Walter Hellmich|Hellmich]] & [[D. Schmelcher|Schmelcher]], 1956}}
** ''Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus nigrolineatus'' {{small|Hallowell, 1857}}
*''[[Desert plated lizard|Gerrhosaurus skoogi]]'' {{small|[[Lars Gabriel Andersson|Andersson]], 1916}} – desert plated lizard 
*''[[Gerrhosaurus typicus]]'' {{small|[[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|A. Smith]], 1837}} – Namaqua plated lizard

==References==
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==Further reading==
*Bates MF, Tolley KA, Edwards S, Davids Z, Da Silva JM, [[:fr:William Roy Branch|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).
*[[:fr:William Roy Branch|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.&nbsp;178).
*[[Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann|Wiegmann AF]] (1828). "''Beiträge zur Amphibienkunde'' ". ''Isis von Oken'' '''21''' (4): 364–383. (''Gerrhosaurus'', new genus, p.&nbsp;375). (in German).

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[[Category:Gerrhosaurus| ]]
[[Category:Gerrhosauridae]]
[[Category:Lizards of Africa]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann]]


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