Family

Gerrhosauridae

9 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Squamata › › Gerrhosauridae

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Smith, 1844)

Cordylosaurus is a monotypic lizard genus containing only the single species the blue-black plated lizard, Cordylosaurus subtessellatus.

Tetradactylus seps (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tetradactylus seps, the short-legged seps or five-toed whip lizard, is a Gerrhosauridae lizard species found in South Africa.

Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Hallowell, 1857

Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus, the black-lined plated lizard, is a Gerrhosauridae lizard found across multiple countries in southern and eastern Africa.

Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828

Gerrhosaurus flavigularis is an armored ground-dwelling burrowing lizard from South Africa, first described in 1828.

Broadleysaurus major (Duméril, 1851)

Broadleysaurus major, the Sudan plated lizard, is a medium armored lizard native to parts of eastern and central Africa.

Matobosaurus validus (Smith, 1849)

Matobosaurus validus, the giant plated lizard, is a wary Gerrhosauridae lizard found in southern African dry to mesic habitats.

Zonosaurus madagascariensis (Gray, 1831)

Zonosaurus madagascariensis, the Madagascar girdled lizard, is an oviparous Gerrhosauridae lizard found across Madagascar and nearby islands.

Zonosaurus laticaudatus (Grandidier, 1869)

Zonosaurus laticaudatus (western girdled lizard) is a Gerrhosauridae lizard species endemic to Madagascar.

Tracheloptychus madagascariensis Peters, 1854

Tracheloptychus madagascariensis, the Madagascar keeled cordylid, is a gerrhosaurid lizard species found in Madagascar.

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