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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards, snake-lizards and seps)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes)

Genera native to southern Africa

Cordylosaurus

One species in southern Africa - Cordylosaurus subtessellatus (Dwarf plated lizard)

Gerrhosaurus (plated lizards)

 

Tetradactylus (seps or plated snake-lizards)