Zonosaurus

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}

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| image = Ornate plated lizards (Zonosaurus ornatus) female (l) and male (r) Isalo.jpg

| image_caption = Ornate plated lizards (Z. ornatus), female and male Isalo National Park

| image2 = Tsingy plated lizard (Zonosaurus tsingy) Ankarana.jpg

| image2_caption = Tsingy plated lizard
(Z. tsingy), Ankarana

| taxon = Zonosaurus

| authority = Boulenger, 1887"Zonosaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gerrhosauridae.

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File:Ornate plated lizard (Zonosaurus ornatus) mating ritual composite Isalo.jpg

Zonosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Zonosaurus are found in Madagascar and Seychelles.{{EMBL genus|genus=Zonosaurus}} www.reptile-database.org.

Species

The following 17 species are considered to be valid.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zonosaurus.

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Gerrhosauridæ, ... xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Zonosaurus, new genus, p. 127).
  • Raselimanana AP, Raxworthy CJ, Nussbaum RA (2000). "A revision of the dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including descriptions of three new species". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 18: 1–16.

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Category:Gerrhosauridae

Category:Lizard genera

Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger

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