The Gerrhosauridae are a family of lizards native to Africa and Madagascar. They are close relatives of skinks and were once classified in the same family as them.

Classification

Family Gerrhosauridae

  • Subfamily Gerrhosaurinae
  • Genus Broadleysaurus - rough-scaled plated lizard (1 species)
  • Genus Cordylosaurus - blue-black plated lizard (1 species)
  • Genus Gerrhosaurus - (7 species)
  • Genus Matobosaurus - (2 species)
  • Genus Tetradactylus - (8 species)
  • Subfamily Zonosaurinae
  • Genus Tracheloptychus - keeled plated lizards (2 species)
  • Genus Zonosaurus - zonosaurs (17 species)

References

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Family "Gerrhosauridæ", pp. 119–120).
  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Family Gerrhosauridae, pp. 176–177).
  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. ("Gerrhosauri", new family, p. 21). (in Latin).
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20100616084347/http://www.jcvi.org/reptiles/families/gerrhosauridae.php