Gerrhosaurus Explained

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.^[1] Some have been reassigned to new genera.

• Gerrhosaurus auritus – Kalahari plated lizard
• Gerrhosaurus bulsi
• Gerrhosaurus flavigularis – yellow-throated plated lizard
  • Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi
  • Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis
• Gerrhosaurus multilineatus
• Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus – black-lined plated lizard
  • Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus ahlefeldti
  • Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus nigrolineatus
• Gerrhosaurus skoogi – desert plated lizard
• Gerrhosaurus typicus – 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. . (Genus Gerrhosaurus, p. 178).
• Wiegmann AF (1828). "Beiträge zur Amphibienkunde ". Isis von Oken 21 (4): 364–383. (Gerrhosaurus, new genus, p. 375). (in German).

Notes and References

1. "Gerrhosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile=database.org.