Zonosaurus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Gerrhosauridae Scientific name Zonosaurus Rank Genus		Class Reptilia Subfamily Zonosaurinae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles

Similar Madagascar girdled lizard, Zonosaurus laticaudatus, Zonosaurus quadrilineatus, Zonosaurus maximus, Gerrhosauridae

Exo terra madagascar zonosaurus madagascariensis

Zonosaurus is a genus of gerrhosaurid lizards.

Species in the genus Zonosaurus are found in Madagascar and Seychelles.

The following 17 species are considered valid.

Zonosaurus aeneus (Grandidier, 1872)

Zonosaurus anelanelany Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000

Zonosaurus bemaraha Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000

Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner, 1891

Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme, 1990

Zonosaurus haraldmeieri Brygoo & Böhme, 1985 – green zonosaur

Zonosaurus karsteni (Grandidier, 1869) – Karsten's zonosaur

Zonosaurus laticaudatus (Grandidier, 1869) – wide-tailed zonosaur

Zonosaurus madagascariensis (Gray, 1831) – Madagascar zonosaur

Zonosaurus maramaintso Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006

Zonosaurus maximus Boulenger, 1896 – giant zonosaur

Zonosaurus ornatus (Gray, 1831) – jewelled zonosaur

Zonosaurus quadrilineatus (Grandidier, 1867) – four-lined zonosaur

Zonosaurus rufipes (Boettger, 1881) – red-footed zonosaur

Zonosaurus subunicolor (Boettger, 1881)

Zonosaurus trilineatus Angel, 1939 – three-lined zonosaur

Zonosaurus tsingy Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Zonosaurus.

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