Zonosaur

Z. ornatus mating ritual

Zonosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae.^[1]

Geographic range

Species in the genus Zonosaurus are found in Madagascar and Seychelles.^[2]

Species

The following 17 species are considered to be valid.^[2]

• Zonosaurus aeneus (Grandidier, 1872) – bronze girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus anelanelany Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000
• Zonosaurus bemaraha Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000
• Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner, 1891 – Boettger's girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme, 1990 – Brygoo's girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus haraldmeieri Brygoo & Böhme, 1985 – green zonosaur
• Zonosaurus karsteni (Grandidier, 1869) – Karsten's girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus laticaudatus (Grandidier, 1869) – western girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus madagascariensis (Gray, 1831) – Madagascar girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus maramaintso Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
• Zonosaurus maximus Boulenger, 1896 – southeastern girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus ornatus (Gray, 1831) – ornate girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus quadrilineatus (Grandidier, 1867) – four-lined girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus rufipes (Boettger, 1881) – red-legged girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus subunicolor (Boettger, 1881)
• Zonosaurus trilineatus Angel, 1939 – three-lined girdled lizard
• Zonosaurus tsingy Raselimanana, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2000 – tsingy plated lizard

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

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