Desert plated lizard
| Angolosaurus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Gerrhosauridae |
| Genus: | Gerrhosaurus (Angolosaurus) |
| Species: | G. skoogi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerrhosaurus skoogi Andersson, 1916 | |
The desert plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus skoogi) is a reptile species endemic to the northern Namib Desert in Namibia and Angola. Also known as the sand plated lizard,[1] it is diurnal.[2] Recent studies[1] suggest that this monotypic genus is synonymous to Gerrhosaurus and makes it paraphyletic, therefore A. skoogi was reclassified as Gerrhosaurus skoogi.
References
- 1 2 Lamb, T., Meeker, A.M., Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. On the systematic status of the desert plated lizard (Angolosaurus skoogi): phylogenetic inference from DNA sequence analysis of the African Gerrhosauridae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Vol. 78, No. 2 (2003), pp. 253-261
- ↑ Andersson, K. A. Nagy, B. C. Clarke, M. K. Seely, D. Mitchell and J. R. B. Lighton. Water and Energy Balance in Namibian Desert Sand-Dune Lizards Angolosaurus skoogi. Functional Ecology. Vol. 5, No. 6 (1991), pp. 731-739.
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