Gerrhosauridae
| Gerrhosauridae | |
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Broadleysaurus major
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Clade: | Cordyliformes
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| Family: | Gerrhosauridae Fitzinger, 1843 |
The Gerrhosauridae are a family of lizards native to Africa and Madagascar. They are close relatives of skinks and were once classified in the same family as them.[1]
Habitat
Also known as plated lizards, species in the family Gerrhosauridae live in a range of habitats, from rocky crevices to sand dunes.[1]
Description
Their form is variable, some species having four fully developed limbs, and others having vestigial hind limbs only.[1]
Reproduction
Most species are believed to be
oviparous.[1]
Classification
Family Gerrhosauridae
- Subfamily Gerrhosaurinae
- Genus Broadleysaurus- rough-scaled plated lizard (1 species)
- Genus Cordylosaurus - blue-black plated lizard (1 species)
- Genus Gerrhosaurus - (7 species)
- Genus Matobosaurus - (2 species)
- Genus Tetradactylus - (8 species)
- Genus
- Subfamily Zonosaurinae
- Genus Tracheloptychus - keeled plated lizards (2 species)
- Genus Zonosaurus - zonosaurs (17 species)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-12-178560-2.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Family "Gerrhosauridæ", pp. 119–120).
- ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Family Gerrhosauridae, pp. 176–177).
- Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. ("Gerrhosauri", new family, p. 21). (in Latin).