Zonosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Gerrhosauridae.
Geographic range Species in the genus Zonosaurus are found in Madagascar and Seychelles. www.reptile-database.org.
Species The following 17 species are considered to be valid.
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.
References
Further reading Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Gerrhosauridæ, ... xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Zonosaurus, new genus, p. 127). Raselimanana AP, Raxworthy CJ, Nussbaum RA (2000). "A revision of the dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including descriptions of three new species". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 18: 1–16.