Gerrhosaurus

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

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

Habitat[]

Species of Gerrhosaurus are found in dry, rocky semi-open habitats.^{[citation needed]}

Species and subspecies[]

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.^[1] Some have been reassigned to new genera.

• Boettger, 1887 – Kalahari plated lizard
• 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
• Bocage, 1866
• Hallowell, 1857 – black-lined plated lizard
  • Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti & , 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 , 1938 = Matobosaurus maltzahni
  • Gerrhosaurus validus validus A. Smith, 1849 = Matobosaurus validus

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. 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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