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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