Zonosaurus quadrilineatus (GRANDIDIER, 1867)

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Higher Taxa	Gerrhosauridae (Zonosaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Four-lined Girdled Lizard
Synonym	Gerrhosaurus 4-lineatus GRANDIDIER 1867 Zonosaurus quadrilineatus — MOCQUARD 1895: 97 Zonosaurus quadrilineatus — ANGEL 1942: 100 Zonosaurus quadrilineatus — BRYGOO 1985: 16 Zonosaurus quadrilineatus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 302 Zonosaurus quadrilineatus — RECKNAGEL et al. 2013
Distribution	Madagascar Type locality: Tullear, Madagascar
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntype: NMW 23349
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Comment	Total length up to 20 cm.
Etymology	Named after Latin quadri = four, and linea = line.
References	Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp. Barts, M. 2008. Schildechsen: Gattungen und Arten im Überblick. Reptilia (Münster) 13 (69): 18-25 - get paper here Brygoo, E.R. 1985. Les Gerrhosaurinae de Madagascar, Sauria (Cordylidae). Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. (nouv. sér., sér. A, Zool.) 134: 1-65 - get paper here Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Grandidier, A. 1867. Liste des reptiles nouveaux découverts, en 1866, sur la côte sud-ouest de Madagascar. Revue et Magazine de Zoologie (Paris), Sér. 2, 19: 232-234 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 Mocquard, F. 1895. Sur les reptiles recueillis a Madagascar de 1867 a 1885 par M. Grandidier. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, 7: 93-111 - get paper here 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 Rogner, M. 2008. Dingel-Schildechsen - die Gattung Zonosaurus. Reptilia (Münster) 13 (69): 26-31 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.rep-japan.co.jp/lizard/lizard.htm Google images

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