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Lizards (Sauria)    Genera Broadleysaurus Rough-scaled Plated Lizard Cordylosaurus Dwarf Plated Lizard Gerrhosaurus Typical Plated Lizards Matobosaurus Giant Plated Lizards Tetradactylus Plated Snake Lizards Tracheloptychus Madagascar Keeled Plated Lizards Zonosaurus Madagascar Plated Lizards

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: January 1st, 2025. Biodiversity of the family Gerrhosauridae Bibliography of the family Gerrhosauridae Gerrhosauridae Plated Lizards Schildechsen     Pladeøgler Contents: Endemicity: 7 genera of which 1 (14.3%) is endemic   0% 100% 38 species of which 24 (63.2%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Previously regarded as part of the family Cordylidae, either without recognition or mention of subfamilies (e.g., Odierna, Canapa, Andreone, Aprea, Barucca, Capriglione & Olmo 2002), or as a subfamily, Gerrhosaurinae, within Cordylidae (e.g., Wermuth 1968; Brygoo 1985; Branch 1988; Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum 2000). Goin, Goin & Zug (1978) referred to the subfamily as Zonurinae, although Zonurus is a synonym of Cordylus (family Cordylidae). Other authors have regarded the two subfamilies as separate families (e.g., Loveridge 1942; Fitzsimons 1943; Lang 1991; Mouton & van Wyk 1997). However, there is now sufficient genetic evidence to regard them as separate families (Frost, Janies, Mouton & Titus 2001; Lamb, Meeker, Bauer & Branch 2003; Lamb & Bauer 2013; Bates, Tolley, Edwards, Davids, Silva & Branch 2013). Distribution:  Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles. Reported from: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.