Biology:Gerrhosaurus

Short description: Genus of lizards

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

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid. 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 multilineatus Bocage, 1866
• Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Hallowell, 1857 – black-lined plated lizard
  • Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti Hellmich & Schmelcher, 1956
  • Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus nigrolineatus Hallowell, 1857
• Gerrhosaurus skoogi Andersson, 1916 – desert plated lizard
• Gerrhosaurus typicus A. Smith, 1837 – Namaqua plated lizard

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).

Wikidata ☰ Q2248071 entry