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Gerrhosauridae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 564541

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): plated lizards [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 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  
    Direct Children:  
                                  GenusBroadleysaurus Bates and Tolley, 2013  
                                  GenusCordylosaurus Gray, 1866  
                                  GenusGerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828  
                                  GenusMatobosaurus Bates and Tolley, 2013  
                                  GenusTetradactylus Merrem, 1820  
                                  GenusTracheloptychus Peters, 1854  
                                  GenusZonosaurus Boulenger, 1887  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz   
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Gerrhosauridae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  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   
  Reference for: Gerrhosauridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pough, F. H., R. M. Andrews, J. E. Cadle, M. L. Crump, A. H. Savitzky, and K. D. Wells   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Herpetology   
  Page(s): 577   
  Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-13-850876-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gerrhosauridae   
       

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