Gerrhosaurus

Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Scincoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamilia: Gerrhosaurinae
Genus: Gerrhosaurus
Species (7):
G. auritus –
G. bulsi –
G. flavigularis –
G. multilineatus –
G. nigrolineatus –
G. skoogi –
G. typicus
Name
[edit]Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828: 377
- Type species: Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Wiegmann, 1828, by monotypy.
Synonyms
[edit]Angolosaurus FitzSimons, 1953: 215
- Type species: Gerrhosaurus skoogi Andersson, 1916, by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page.
- FitzSimons, V. 1953. A new genus of Gerrhosaurid from Southern Angola. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 22(2): 215–217. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_384
Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Gerrhosaurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2018.