Zonosaurus

Zonosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae.[1]

Zonosaurus
Ornate plated lizards (Z. ornatus), female and male Isalo National Park
Tsingy plated lizard
(Z. tsingy), Ankarana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamily: Zonosaurinae
Genus: Zonosaurus
Boulenger, 1887[1]
Z. ornatus mating ritual

Geographic range

Species in the genus Zonosaurus are found in Madagascar and Seychelles.[2]

Species

The following 17 species are considered to be valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zonosaurus.

References

  1. "Zonosaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gerrhosauridae.
  2. Genus Zonosaurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Gerrhosauridæ, ... xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Zonosaurus, new genus, p. 127).
  • Raselimanana AP, Raxworthy CJ, Nussbaum RA (2000). "A revision of the dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including descriptions of three new species". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 18: 1–16.


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