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Tracheloptychus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Infraorder
  
Scincomorpha

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Sauria

Family
  
Gerrhosauridae

Rank
  
Genus

Tracheloptychus Tracheloptychus

Similar
  
Zonosaurus, Gerrhosauridae, Madagascar girdled lizard, Zonosaurus laticaudatus, Scaled reptiles

Keeled plated lizards tracheloptychus petersi having a poo


Tracheloptychus is a small genus of plated lizards endemic to Madagascar.

Contents

Crotaphytus tracheloptychus


Species

There are two species:


  • Tracheloptychus madagascariensis W. Peters, 1854 – Malagasy keeled plated lizard, Madagascar girdled lizard
  • Tracheloptychus petersi Grandidier, 1869 – Peters' keeled plated lizard

    • Etymology

    Tracheloptychus Tracheloptychus petersi by antonioshadow on DeviantArt

    The specific name, petersi, is in honor of German herpetologist Wilhelm Peters, who is the author of this genus.

    Tracheloptychus TP2jpg



    Tracheloptychus Image Tracheloptychus petersi BioLibcz

    References

    Tracheloptychus Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA