Gerrhosaurus

Gerrhosaurus flavigularis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamilia: Gerrhosaurinae
Genus: Gerrhosaurus
Species (7): G. auritus – G. bulsi – G. flavigularis – G. multilineatus – G. nigrolineatus – G. skoogi – G. typicus

Name

• Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828: 377

Type species: Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Angolosaurus FitzSimons, 1953

Type species: Gerrhosaurus skoogi Andersson, 1916, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bates, M.F., Tolley, K.A., Edwards, S., Davids, Z., Silva, J.M. & Branch, W.R. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.3 Reference page. 
• Lamb, T. & Bauer, A.M. 2013. To be or not to be Angolosaurus: a multilocus perspective on the phylogenetic position of Africa's desert plated lizard (Gerrhosauridae). Zoologica Scripta 42(4): 381–388. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12016 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Gerrhosaurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2018.