Zonosaurus anelanelany RASELIMANANA, RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 2000

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Higher Taxa	Gerrhosauridae (Zonosaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Zonosaurus anelanelany RASELIMANANA, RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM 2000 Zonosaurus anelanelany — RECKNAGEL et al. 2013
Distribution	S Madagascar Type locality: at Sainte-Luce strand forest, 24°49’ S, 47° 09’ E, 20 m elevation, Tolagnaro Fivondronana, Toliara Province, Madagascar.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: UMMZ 192205
Diagnosis
Comment	Total length up to 18 cm.
Etymology	Named after the Malagasy name for “intermediate”, because the species is intermediate between the dwarf and larger species of Zonosaurus.
References	Raselimanana, A. P., C. J. Raxworthy, and R. A. Nussbaum 2000. A revision of the dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including descriptions of three new species. Scientific Papers Natural History Museum University of Kansas 18:1-16 Raselimanana, Achille P.; Brice Noonan, K. Praveen Karanth, Jacques Gauthier, Anne D. Yoder 2009. Phylogeny and evolution of Malagasy plated lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 (2): 336-344 - get paper here Recknagel, Hans; Kathryn R. Elmer, Brice P. Noonan, Achille P. Raselimanana, Axel Meyer, Miguel Vences 2013. Multi-gene phylogeny of Madagascar’s plated lizards, Zonosaurus and Tracheloptychus (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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