Zonosaurus
Zonosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae.[1]
| Zonosaurus | |
|---|---|
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| Ornate plated lizards (Z. ornatus), female and male Isalo National Park | |
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| Tsingy plated lizard (Z. tsingy), Ankarana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gerrhosauridae |
| Subfamily: | Zonosaurinae |
| Genus: | Zonosaurus Boulenger, 1887[1] |
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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]
- Zonosaurus aeneus (Grandidier, 1872) – bronze girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus anelanelany Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000
- Zonosaurus bemaraha Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000
- Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner, 1891 – Boettger's girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme, 1990 – Brygoo's girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus haraldmeieri Brygoo & Böhme, 1985 – green zonosaur
- Zonosaurus karsteni (Grandidier, 1869) – Karsten's girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus laticaudatus (Grandidier, 1869) – western girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus madagascariensis (Gray, 1831) – Madagascar girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus maramaintso Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
- Zonosaurus maximus Boulenger, 1896 – southeastern girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus ornatus (Gray, 1831) – ornate girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus quadrilineatus (Grandidier, 1867) – four-lined girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus rufipes (Boettger, 1881) – red-legged girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus subunicolor (Boettger, 1881)
- Zonosaurus trilineatus Angel, 1939 – three-lined girdled lizard
- Zonosaurus tsingy Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000 – tsingy plated lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zonosaurus.
References
- "Zonosaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gerrhosauridae.
- 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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