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Gerrhosauridae family members  : 

Family Gerrhosauridae

  • Subfamily Gerrhosaurinae

    • Genus Angolosaurus - sand plated lizard (1 species)

    • Genus Cordylosaurus - blue-black plated lizard (1 species)

    • Genus Gerrhosaurus - (6 species)

    • Genus Tetradactylus - (6 species)

  • Subfamily Zonosaurinae

    • Genus Tracheloptychus - keeled plated lizards (2 species)

    • Genus Zonosaurus - zonosaurs (18 species)

1- Genus Angolosaurus  

 

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

 

The desert plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus skoogi) is a reptile species endemic to the northern Namib Desert in Namibia and Angola. Also known as the sand plated lizard,[2] it is diurnal.[3]

Gerrhosaurus skoogi

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Family:Gerrhosauridae

Genus:Gerrhosaurus

Species:G. skoogi

Binomial name :

Gerrhosaurus skoogi
Andersson, 1916

Synonyms[1]:

  • Gerrhosaurus skoogiAndersson, 1916

  • Gerrhosaurus validus skoogi— Loveridge, 1942

  • Angolosaurus skoogi— V. FitzSimons, 1953

  • Gerrhosaurus skoogi— Lamb et al., 2003

Etymology :

 

The specific name, skoogi, is in honor of Hilmer Nils Erik Skoog (1870–1927), who was Curator of the Götesborgs Naturhistoriska museum from 1904 to 1927.[4]

 

Taxonomy :

 

In 1916 Andersson described this lizard as a new species, naming it Gerrhosaurus skoogi. In 1953 FitzSimons assigned the species to a new genus Angolosaurus. Recent studies[2] suggest that this monotypic genus is synonymous to Gerrhosaurus and makes it paraphyletic; therefore A. skoogi was reclassified as Gerrhosaurus skoogi.

 

 

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2- Genus Cordylosaurus - blue-black plated lizard : 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Classification :

Genus Cordylosaurus

-Blue-Black Plated Lizard, Cordylosaurus subtessellatus

Cordylosaurus

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Family:Gerrhosauridae

Subfamily:Gerrhosaurinae

Genus:Cordylosaurus

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From Wikipedia. fr , the free encyclopedia:

 

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus , sole representative of the kind Cordylosaurus , is a species of lizard of the family ofgerrhosauridae 1 .

 

 

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus

Classification according to ReptileDB :

ReignAnimalia

BranchChordata

ClassReptilia

Subclasslepidosauria

OrderSquamata

SuborderSauria

InfraorderScincomorpha

Familygerrhosauridae

Kind

Cordylosaurus 
Gray , 1866

Binominal name :

Cordylosaurus subtessellatus
( Smith , 1844 )

synonyms :

  • Gerrhosaurus subtessellatus Smith, 1844

  • Gerrhosaurus trivittatus Peters, 1862

  • Cordylosaurus trivittatus australis Hewitt, 1932

IUCN Conservation Status :

 

 


LC  : Minor Concern

Distribution  :

 

This species occurs in southern Angola , Namibia , Botswana and western South Africa 1 .

 

Description  :

 

This species has a rather tubular body, with very undeveloped limbs. The scales are square, with a shiny appearance. The body is brown and cream, in broad longitudinal strips, the tail being more even, sometimes drawing on the blue.

It is oviparous .

She lives in rather arid areas.

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