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 – 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

References

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).