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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...
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    or girdle-tail lizards. Cordylidae is closely related to the family Gerrhosauridae, occurring in Africa and Madagascar. These two scientific families of...
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  • Currently there are about 40 extant families of Lacertilia. These vary considerably, e.g. in shades, colours, and sizes. For example, the largest representative...
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  • Thumbnail for Tracheloptychus
    Tracheloptychus is a small genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar. There are two species which are recognized...
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  • Thumbnail for Zonosaurus karsteni
    commonly as Karsten's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. The preferred natural habitats...
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  • This is a list of reptiles in Madagascar. Total number of species = 406 Acrantophis madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1844) Acrantophis dumerili (Jan...
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    relatives. These include the living families Cordylidae (girdled lizards), Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards), and Xantusiidae (night lizards), as well as many extinct...
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    Family Scincidae (skinks) Family Cordylidae (spinytail lizards) Family Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards) Family Xantusiidae (night lizards) Family Lacertidae...
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    Tetradactylus (category Gerrhosauridae)
    Tetradactylus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae. The genus is endemic to Africa. The genus Tetradactylus contains the following species...
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  • Thumbnail for Madagascar girdled lizard
    (Zonosaurus madagascariensis) is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. It is found in Madagascar, some outlying islands (Nosy Be and the nearby...
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    Zonosaurus (category Gerrhosauridae)
    Zonosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae. Species in the genus Zonosaurus are found in Madagascar and Seychelles. The following 17...
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  • Thumbnail for Zonosaurus brygooi
    commonly as Brygoo's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. The specific name, brygooi, is...
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  • Thumbnail for Plestiodon tetragrammus
    British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ,... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor...
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  • Thumbnail for Gerrhosaurus auritus
    plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus auritus) is a species of lizard in the Gerrhosauridae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia...
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  • Thumbnail for List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
    This list of African species extinct in the Holocene covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before...
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    Dibamidae – blind lizards Family Cordylidae – spinytail lizards Family Gerrhosauridae – plated lizards Family Gymnophthalmidae – spectacled lizards Family...
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  • Thumbnail for Tracheloptychus petersi
    known as Peters's keeled cordylid, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is found in Madagascar. Rakotondravony, H.; Raselimanana...
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  • aeneus, the bronze girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. Raselimanana, A.; Vences, M....
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  • Thumbnail for Prairie skink
    British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ,... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor...
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    ): phylogenetic inference from DNA sequence analysis of the African Gerrhosauridae". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78 (2): 253-261. Nagy KA...
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  • Thumbnail for Tetradactylus ellenbergeri
    Ellenberger's long-tailed seps, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is indigenous to Africa. The specific name, ellenbergeri...
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  • boettgeri, Boettger's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic Madagascar. Z. boettgeri is found in the northern...
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    British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)...
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  • Thumbnail for Matobosaurus
    Matobosaurus is a small genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae. The genus is found in southern Africa. There are two species which are recognized...
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  • Thumbnail for Great Plains skink
    British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ,... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor...
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  • Thumbnail for Zonosaurus ornatus
    ornatus, the ornate girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. Raselimanana, A.; Vences, M....
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    Sudan plated lizard (category Gerrhosauridae)
    African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera". Zootaxa. 3750: 465–493. doi:10...
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    Schmidt, 1933 Rhoptropus diporus Hewitt, 1935, day gecko, endemic Family Gerrhosauridae Genus Broadleysaurus: Broadleysaurus major (Duméril, 1851), rough-scaled...
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  • Thumbnail for Zonosaurus laticaudatus
    laticaudatus, the western girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. Raselimanana, A.; Vences, M....
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  • Zonosaurus haraldmeieri is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. The specific name, haraldmeieri, is...
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