Gerrhosaurus
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| name = Gerrhosaurus
| image = Yellow-throated Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus flavigularis) (14033889705), crop.jpg
| image_caption = G. flavigularis in the Kruger N. P.
| taxon = Gerrhosaurus
| authority = Wiegmann, 1828
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Gerrhosaurus is a genus of lizards native to southern and eastern Africa.
Habitat
Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid."Gerrhosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile=database.org. Some have been reassigned to new genera.
- Gerrhosaurus auritus {{small|Boettger, 1887}} – Kalahari plated lizard
- Gerrhosaurus bulsi {{small|Laurent, 1954}}
- Gerrhosaurus flavigularis {{small|Wiegmann, 1828}} – yellow-throated plated lizard
- Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi {{small|Loveridge, 1942}}
- Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis {{small|Wiegmann, 1828}}
- Gerrhosaurus multilineatus {{small|Bocage, 1866}}
- Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus {{small|Hallowell, 1857}} – black-lined plated lizard
- Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti {{small|Hellmich & Schmelcher, 1956}}
- Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus nigrolineatus {{small|Hallowell, 1857}}
- Gerrhosaurus skoogi {{small|Andersson, 1916}} – desert plated lizard
- Gerrhosaurus typicus {{small|A. Smith, 1837}} – Namaqua plated lizard
References
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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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Category:Taxa named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
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