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Broadleysaurus major  (Duméril, 1851)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1141937

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Gerrhosaurus major Duméril, 1851
  
    Gerrhosaurus bottegoi Del Prato, 1895
  
  Common Name(s): Rough-scaled Plated Lizard [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyGerrhosauridae  – plated lizards  
                                  GenusBroadleysaurus Bates and Tolley, 2013  
                                     SpeciesBroadleysaurus major (Duméril, 1851) – Rough-scaled Plated Lizard  
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (Aug. 2020), website (version Aug-2020)  
  Acquired: 2020   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 16 Dec 2020   
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bates, Michael F., Krystal A. Tolley, Shelley Edwards, Zoë Davids, Jessica M. Da Silva, and William   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3750, no. 5   
  Page(s): 465-493   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.3   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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