Zonosaurus brygooi LANG & BÖHME, 1990

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Higher Taxa	Gerrhosauridae (Zonosaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Brygoo's Girdled Lizard
Synonym	Zonosaurus brygooi LANG & BÖHME 1990: 164 Zonosaurus brygooi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 304 Zonosaurus brygooi — RECKNAGEL et al. 2013
Distribution	N Madagascar Type locality: Loucoubé, Nosy-Bé, Madagascar.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZFMK 46789, male; Paratypes: ZMB 19018, ZFMK, SMF
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (n=10): Zonosaurus brygooi differs from other species of Zonosaurus by the absence of an interparietal scale, relatively large dorsal scales (20-23), few scales between chin and cloaca (43-48), a relatively high number of femoral pores (16-19) and few subdigital lamellae below the 4th toe (17-19) (Fig. 1-4; Table 1). Zonosaurus brygooi distinguishes itself from Z. rufipes by the consistent lack of throat striping, interparietal scale and 3 characteristics of lepidosis that do not overlap (Fig. 1-4; Table 1). Zonosaurus rufipes and brygooi can furthermore be distinguished from the remaining Zonosaurus (except quadrilineatus and trilineates) by having an entirely dark pigmented tongue. Zonosaurus aeneus, brygooi and rufipes have 3 supralabial scales anterior to the subocular that forms part of the upper labial margin, whereas the remaining Zonosaurus all have 4 supralabials anterior to the subocular. In addition, these three species all have 2-3 mite pockets located in the antehumeral fold in addition to postaxillary and postfemoral mite pockets. This condition is not found in any other species of Zonosaurus. The mite pockets contained larvae of Ophionyssus natricis (Laelaptidae). For differentiation from the remaining Zonosaurus see BRYGOO (1985). (Lang & Böhme 1990) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3286 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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References	Andreone F., Randrianirina J., Jenkins P.D. & Aprea G. 2000. Species diversity of Amphibia, Reptilia and Lipotyphla (Mammalia) at Ambolokopatrika, a rainforest between the Anjanaharibe-Sud and Marojejy massifs, NE Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 1587–1622 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here Bour, Roger 2016. Obituary: Édouard-Raoul Brygoo (1920-2016): Specialist on the reptiles of Madagascar. Herpetological Review 47 (2): 357-362 - get paper here Gehring, P.S. 2010. Fady, Tavy und Aye-Aye - unterwegs im Nordosten Madagaskars. Elaphe 18 (2): 62-71 Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Lang,M. & Böhme,W. 1990. A new species of the Zonosaurus rufipes-complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gerrhosauridae) from Northern Madagascar. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique, Biol. 59: 163-168 [1989] - get paper here Meier, H. 1988. Zur Ökologie, Ethologie und Taxonomie einiger Schildechsen der Gattungen Tracheloptychus und Zonosaurus auf Madagaskar, Teil 1. Herpetofauna 10 (57): 22-26 - get paper here Meier, H. 1989. Zur Ökologie, Ethologie und Taxonomie einiger Schildechsen der Gattungen Tracheloptychus und Zonosaurus auf Madagaskar, Teil 2: Weitere Zonosaurus-Arten. Herpetofauna 11 (58): 14-23 - get paper here 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 Vences, M.; Ziegler,T.; Visser,S. & Andreone,F. 1999. New data on the zoogeography and genital morphology of the lizards Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme 1990 and Z. aeneus (Grandidier 1872) from Madagascar (Reptilia Squamata Gerrhosauridae). Tropical Zoology 12: 145-155 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.naturalia.org/ZOO/indexing.html http://wildherps.com/species/Z.brygooi.html Google images

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