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Gerrhosaurus
Gerrhosaurus is a genus of lizards native to southern and eastern Africa.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Yellow-throated Plated Lizard
speciesGerrhosaurus flavigularis

Eastern Black-lined Plated Lizard
speciesGerrhosaurus intermedius

Black-lined Plated Lizard
speciesGerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

Namaqua Plated Lizard
speciesGerrhosaurus typicus

Kalahari Plated Lizard
speciesGerrhosaurus multilineatus

Kalahari Plated Lizard
speciesGerrhosaurus auritus

Laurent’s Plated Lizard
speciesGerrhosaurus bulsi
Desert Plated Lizard
speciesGerrhosaurus skoogi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 34729.