Zonosaurus

Zonosaurus
Ornate plated lizards (Z. ornatus), female and male Isalo National Park
Tsingy plated lizard
(Z. tsingy), Ankarana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gerrhosauridae
Subfamily: Zonosaurinae
Genus: Zonosaurus
Boulenger, 1887[1]
Z. ornatus mating ritual

Zonosaurus is a genus of gerrhosaurid lizards.[1]

Geographic range

Species in the genus Zonosaurus are found in Madagascar and Seychelles.[2]

Species

The following 17 species are considered valid.[2]

  • Zonosaurus aeneus (Grandidier, 1872)
  • Zonosaurus anelanelany Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000
  • Zonosaurus bemaraha Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000
  • Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner, 1891
  • Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme, 1990
  • Zonosaurus haraldmeieri Brygoo & Böhme, 1985 – green zonosaur
  • Zonosaurus karsteni (Grandidier, 1869) – Karsten's zonosaur
  • Zonosaurus laticaudatus (Grandidier, 1869) – wide-tailed zonosaur
  • Zonosaurus madagascariensis (Gray, 1831) – Madagascar zonosaur
  • Zonosaurus maramaintso Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
  • Zonosaurus maximus Boulenger, 1896 – giant zonosaur
  • Zonosaurus ornatus (Gray, 1831) – jewelled zonosaur, or ornate plated lizard
  • Zonosaurus quadrilineatus (Grandidier, 1867) – four-lined zonosaur
  • Zonosaurus rufipes (Boettger, 1881) – red-footed zonosaur
  • Zonosaurus subunicolor (Boettger, 1881)
  • Zonosaurus trilineatus Angel, 1939 – three-lined zonosaur
  • Zonosaurus tsingy Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000 – tsingy plated lizard

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zonosaurus.

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References
  1. "Zonosaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gerrhosauridae.
  2. "Zonosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Gerrhosauridæ, ... xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Zonosaurus, new genus, p. 127).
  • Raselimanana AP, Raxworthy CJ, Nussbaum RA (2000). "A revision of the dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including descriptions of three new species". Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas 18: 1-16.


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