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

Z. ornatus mating ritual

Zonosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae.^[1]

Geographic range

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

The following 17 species are considered to be valid.^[2]

Zonosaurus aeneus (Grandidier, 1872) – bronze girdled lizard
Zonosaurus anelanelany Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000
Zonosaurus bemaraha Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000
Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner, 1891 – Boettger's girdled lizard
Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme, 1990 – Brygoo's girdled lizard
Zonosaurus haraldmeieri Brygoo & Böhme, 1985 – green zonosaur
Zonosaurus karsteni (Grandidier, 1869) – Karsten's girdled lizard
Zonosaurus laticaudatus (Grandidier, 1869) – western girdled lizard
Zonosaurus madagascariensis (Gray, 1831) – Madagascar girdled lizard
Zonosaurus maramaintso Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
Zonosaurus maximus Boulenger, 1896 – southeastern girdled lizard
Zonosaurus ornatus (Gray, 1831) – ornate girdled lizard
Zonosaurus quadrilineatus (Grandidier, 1867) – four-lined girdled lizard
Zonosaurus rufipes (Boettger, 1881) – red-legged girdled lizard
Zonosaurus subunicolor (Boettger, 1881)
Zonosaurus trilineatus Angel, 1939 – three-lined girdled lizard
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.

^ ^a ^b "Zonosaurus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gerrhosauridae.
^ ^a ^b Genus Zonosaurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 18: 1–16.Error: "Q610069" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.

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