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Taxonomy of the genus Gerrhosaurus Biodiversity of the family Gerrhosauridae

Bibliography of the genus
Gerrhosaurus (Typical Plated Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gerrhosauridae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Gerrhosaurus in general

Bates, M.F.; Tolley, K.A.; Edwards, S.; Davids, Z.; Silva, J.M. da; 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.

Leavitt, D. 1996. The care and maintenance of plated lizards. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 44(11): 150, 152, 154, 156, 158-159, 161-163.

Wever, E.G. 1970. The lizard ear: Cordylus, Platysaurus and Gerrhosaurus. Journal of Morphology 130: 37-55.

Gerrhosaurus auritus

Verburgt, L.; Verburgt, U.K.; Bates, M.F. 2015. Geographic distribution. Gerrhosaurus auritus Boettger, 1887. Kalahari Plated Lizard. African Herp News 62: 48-49.

Gerrhosaurus bulsi

Anonymous. 2010. Gerrhosaurus bulsi (Laurent). Sauria (Berlin) 32(3): 2.

Broadley, D.G. 1960. Sauria, Cordylidae: Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus anselli n. subsp. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia (B) 3(24): 433-434.

Gerrhosaurus flavigularis

Beddard, F.E. 1905. Some Notes upon the Anatomy of the Yellow-throated Lizard, Gerrhosaurus flavigularis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905(2): 256-267.

Berger-Dell'Mour, H.A.E. 1987. Some new data on the herpetology of South West Africa. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33: 5-8.

Broadley, D.G. 1959. The Plated Lizards of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 7: 7-10.

Douglas, R.M. 1992. Gerrhosaurus flavigularis. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41: 42.

Esser, S.; Rödder, D. 2012. Notes on the reproduction of the Yellow-throated Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus flavigularis Wiegmann, 1882. Herpetology Notes 5: 13-14.

FitzSimons, V. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. Fauna and Flora (Pretoria) 7: 89-106.

Girard, F.; Plazanet, J.L. 2002. Note a propos d'un comportement remarquable chez le saurien Gerrhosaurus flavogularis. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 101 (Supplement): 5-6.

Hingley, K. 1987. Captive husbandry of the yellow throated plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus flavigularis). Herptile 12(3): 93-95.

Kober, I. 1990. Im Terrarium gezüchtet: Gerrhosaurus flavigularis. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 43(1): 24-25.

Kober, I. 1998. Ungewöhnliches Verhalten einer verletzten Gelbkehlschildechse. Elaphe 6(4): 17-18.

Masterson, G.P.R.; Koen, D.; Toit, L. du; Horn, N. 2010. Size-class distributions for four lizard species found in Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa. African Herp News 51: 4-6.

Mitchell, A.J.L.; Steyn, W.J. 1965. Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis Wiegmann in South West Africa (Reptilia Cordylidae). Cimbebasia 12: 13-15.

Pead, C.H. 1910. Note on the habitat of a lizard (Gerrhosaurus flavigularis) and on an arachnid (Damen sp.) found therein. Proc. Rhodes. Sci. Assoc. 10: 18-19.

Pooley, A.C. 1974. Two additional reptile records for Ndumu Game Reserve. Lammergeyer 21: 46-47.

Popp, B. 1958. Gerrhosaurus flavigularis und nigrolineatus. Aquaristik 4(1958): 102-104.

Power, J.H. 1927. On the Herpetological Fauna of the Lobatsi-Linokana Area. 1. Lobatsi. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 14(4): 405-422.

Stebbins, R.C. 1961. Body Temperature Studies in South African Lizards. Koedoe (Pretoria) 4: 54-67.

Venter, J.A.; Conradie, W. 2015. A checklist of the reptiles and amphibians found in protected areas along the South African Wild Coast, with notes on conservation implications. Koedoe 57(1) (Art. 1247): 1-25.

Wahungu, G.M.; Mumia, E.N.; Nzau, V.N. 2004. An analysis of the niche of two sympatric lizard species Gerrhosaurus flavigularis and Latastia longicauda at an arid savannah habitat in Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 42(4): 368-371.

Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

Bourgeois, M. 1964. Les reptiles de la Kasapa (Elisábethville). Publ. Univ. Elisábethville 7: 65-89.

Broadley, D.G. 1959. The Plated Lizards of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 7: 7-10.

Cooper, W.E. 1992. Prey odor discrimination and poststrike elevation in tongue flicking by a cordylid lizard, Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus. Copeia 1992(1): 146-154.

Cooper, W.E.; Habegger, J.J. 2001. Prey, but not plant, chemical discrimination by the lizard Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus. African Zoology 36(1): 55-62.

Cooper, W.E.; Trauth, S.E. 1992. Discrimination of conspecific male and female cloacal chemical stimuli by males and possession of a probable pheromone gland by females in a cordylid lizard, Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus. Herpetologica 48(2): 229-236.

FitzSimons, V. 1939. Descriptions of some new species and subspecies of lizards from South Africa. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(1): 5-16.

Haagner, G.V.; Morgan, D.R. 1991. Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus. Reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 39: 22.

Hellmich, W.; Schmelcher, D. 1956. Eine neue Rasse von Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus Hallowell (Gerrhosauridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger (Leipzig) 156(7/8): 202-205.

Ineich, I. 1998. Natural history notes: Chamaelycus fasciatus (NCN) diet. Herpetological Review 29(2): 102.

Lestrade, A. 1955. Le lézard gris. Zooleo 30: 21-23.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Carlino, P.; Chirio, L.; Meunier, Q.; Okouyi Okouyi, J.V.; Orbell, C.; Rousseaux, D.; Testa, O. 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica IX. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(6): 97-102.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Garff, B. le; Ineich, I.; Carlino, P.; Melcore, I.; Boundenga, L.; Vigna, C.; Stévart, T.; Jeffery, K.; Orbell, C.; Squarcini, J.B.; Vande weghe, J.P.; White, L. 2016. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica V & VI. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 51(11): 177-185.

Popp, B. 1958. Gerrhosaurus flavigularis und nigrolineatus. Aquaristik 4(1958): 102-104.

Power, J.H. 1927. On the Herpetological Fauna of the Lobatsi-Linokana Area. 1. Lobatsi. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 14(4): 405-422.

Gerrhosaurus skoogi

Chinsamy, A.; Hanrahan, S.A.; Neto, R.M.; Seely, M. 1995. Skeletochronological assessment of age in Angolosaurus skoogi, a cordylid lizard living in an aseasonal environment. Journal of Herpetology 29(3): 457-460.

Clarke, B.C.; Nicolson, S.W. 1994. Water, energy, and electrolyte balance in captive Namib sand-dune lizards (Angolosaurus skoogi). Copeia 1994(4): 962-974.

FitzSimons, V. 1953. A new genus of gerrhosaurid from southern Angola. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 22(2): 215-217.

FitzSimons, V. 1953. A new Genus of Gerrhosaurid from southern Angola. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 22(2): 215-217.

FitzSimons, V. 1955. The Namib plated-lizard. African Wild Life 9: 21-23.

Hamilton, W.J.; Coetzee, C.G. 1969. Thermoregulatory behaviour of the vegetarian lizard Angolosaurus skoogi on the vegetationless northern Namib desert dunes. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station (Gobabeb) 47: 95-103.

Lamb, T.; Meeker, A.M.; Bauer, A.M.; Branch, W.R. 2003. On the systematic status of the desert plated lizard (Angolosaurus skoogi): Phylogenetic inference from DNA sequence analysis of the African Gerrhosauridae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 78(2): 253-261.

Mitchell, D.; Seely, M.K.; Roberts, C.S.; Pietruszka, R.D.; McClain, E.; Griffin, M.; Yeaton, R.I. 1988. On the biology of the lizard Angolosaurus skoogi in the Namib Desert. Madoqua 15(3): 201-216.

Nagy, K.A.; Clarke, B.C.; Seely, M.K.; Mitchell, D.; Lighton, J.R.B. 1991. Water and energy balance in Namibian desert sand-dune lizards Angolosaurus skoogi (Andersson, 1916). Functional Ecology 5(6): 731-739.

Nance, H.A. 2007. Cranial osteology of the African gerrhosaurid Angolosaurus skoogi (Squamata; Gerrhosauridae). African Journal of Herpetology 56(1): 39-75.

Pietruszka, R.D. 1987. Angolosaurus skoogi: denizen of the northern dunes. Namib Bulletin 7: 9-10.

Pietruszka, R.D. 1988. Maxithermy and the thermal biology of an herbivorous sand dune lizard. Journal of Arid Environments 14(2): 175-185.

Pietruszka, R.D. 1988. Observations on sexual dimorphism and social structure in the lizard Angolosaurus skoogi (Cordylidae) of the northern Namib Desert dunes. South African Journal of Zoology 23(1): 47-51.

Pietruszka, R.D.; Hanrahan, S.A.; Mitchell, D.; Seely, M.K. 1986. Lizard herbivory in a sand dune environment: the diet of Angolosaurus skoogi. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 70(4): 587-591.

Seely, M.K.; Mitchell, D.; Goelst, K. 1990. Boundary layer microclimate and Angolosaurus skoogi (Sauria: Cordylidae) activity on a northern Namib dune. Transvaal Museum Monograph 7: 155-162.

Seely, M.K.; Mitchell, D.; Roberts, C.S.; McClain, E. 1988. Microclimate and activity of the lizard Angolosaurus skoogi on a dune slipface. South African Journal of Zoology 23(2): 92-102.

Steyn, W.J. 1963. Angolocaurus [Angolosaurus] skoogi (Andersson) - A new record for South West Africa. Cimbebasia 6: 8-11.

Gerrhosaurus typicus

Baard, E.H.W. 1987. New herpetological distribution records in the western Cape Province. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33(1): 29-31.