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Gerrhosauridae (plated lizard)
Taxonomy
Gerrhosauridae was named by Boulenger (1885). It is extant. Its type is Gerrhosaurus.
It was assigned to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Lacertoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Cordyloidea by Kuhn (1966); to Squamata by Burney et al. (2008); and to Scincoidea by Pyron et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Lacertae by Gadow (1898); to Lacertidi by Perrier (1928); to Lacertoidea by Kuhn (1946); to Cordyloidea by Kuhn (1966); to Squamata by Burney et al. (2008); and to Scincoidea by Pyron et al. (2013).
Subtaxa
Gerrhosaurus (type genus), Zonosaurus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1885 | Gerrhosauridae Boulenger |
| 1898 | Gerrhosauridae Gadow p. 26 |
| 1928 | Gerrhosauridae Perrier p. 3099 |
| 1946 | Gerrhosauridae Kuhn p. 61 |
| 1966 | Gerrhosauridae Kuhn p. 52 |
| 2008 | Gerrhosauridae Burney et al. p. 19 |
| 2013 | Gerrhosauridae Pyron et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Gerrhosauridae Boulenger 1885 [plated lizard]
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G. Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann 1828
G. Zonosaurus Boulenger 1887 [zonosaur]
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Zonosaurus madagascariensis Gray 1845 [Madagascar girdled lizard]
Zonosaurus ornatus Gray 1845 [Ornate girdled lizard]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Perrier 1928 | Pleurodontes. Des ostéodermes semblables à ceux des Scincidés, recouverts chacun d'une écaille carrée ou losangique, souvent en rangées régulières; langue de longueur moyenne, faiblement échancrée en avant; un sillon latéral sur les flancs. Fosse supratemporale recouverte par des os dermiques. Des pores fémoraux. Exclusivement africains. Prémaxillaires soudés. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||