Desert Plated Lizard

Desert Plated Lizard
Angolosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Gerrhosauridae
Genus: Angolosaurus
Species: A. skoogi
Binomial name
Angolosaurus skoogi
(Andersson, 1916)

The desert plated lizard (Angolosaurus skoogi) is a reptile species endemic to the northern Namib Desert in Angola. Also known as the sand plated lizard,[1] it is diurnal.[2] Recent studies [3] suggest that this monotypic genus is paraphyletic with Gerrhosaurus.

Classification

  • Genus Angolosaurus
    • desert plated lizard, (Angolosaurus skoogi)

References

  1. ^ Onlinelibrary.wiley.com
  2. ^ Andersson, K. A. Nagy, B. C. Clarke, M. K. Seely, D. Mitchell and J. R. B. LightonWater 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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