Gerrhosauridae
Family of lizards
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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]
| Gerrhosauridae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Broadleysaurus major | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Clade: | Cordyliformes |
| Family: | Gerrhosauridae Fitzinger, 1843 |
Habitat
Description
Their form is variable, some species having four fully developed limbs, and others having vestigial hind limbs only.[1]
Reproduction
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)
- Subfamily Zonosaurinae
- Genus Tracheloptychus - keeled plated lizards (2 species)
- Genus Zonosaurus - zonosaurs (17 species)