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