Zonosaurus brygooi, also known commonly as Brygoo's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology The specific name, brygooi, is in honor of French herpetologist Édouard-Raoul Brygoo.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Zonosaurus brygooi, p. 41).
Geographic range Z. brygooi is found in northeastern Madagascar.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Z. brygooi is forest, at altitudes of .
Description Z. brygooi may attain a total length (including tail) of .
Reproduction Z. brygooi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. . Lang M, Böhme W (1990). "A new species of the Zonosaurus rufipes-complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gerrhosauridae) from Northern Madagascar". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 59: 163–168. (Zonosaurus brygooi, new species).