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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Gerrhosaurus (plated lizards)

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) > Gerrhosauridae

Species native to southern Africa

Gerrhosaurus flavigularis (Yellow-throated plated lizard)

 

Gerrhosaurus major (Rough-scaled plated lizard)

 

Gerrhosaurus multilineatus (Kalahari plated lizard)

 

 

Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus (Black-lined plated lizard)

 

Gerrhosaurus skoogi (Desert plated lizard)

 

 

Gerrhosaurus typicus (Namaqua plated lizard)

 

Gerrhosaurus validus (Giant plated lizard)