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Gerrhosaurus typicus (SMITH, 1837)

IUCN Red List - Gerrhosaurus typicus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGerrhosauridae (Gerrhosaurinae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Karoo Plated Lizard 
SynonymPleurotuchus typicus SMITH 1837: 143
Gerrhosaurus typicus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 383
Gerrhosaurus typicus — FITZSIMONS 1943: 279
Gerrhosaurus typicus — BRANCH & BAUER 2005
Gerrhosaurus typicus — BATES et al. 2013
Gerrhosaurus typicus — SCHLEICHER 2020 
DistributionNW Republic of South Africa, Namibia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 1946.8.18.30-31 (and possibly additional specimens). 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin adjective typicus, supposedly referring to the species' morphology which was apparently considered as being typical for Pleurotuchus, the only species of the genus described by Smith and known at the time. 
References
  • Baard, E.H.W. 1987. Geographical Distribution - Gerrhosaurus typicus. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (33): 29-29 - get paper here
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • BATES, MICHAEL F.; KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY, SHELLEY EDWARDS, ZOË DAVIDS, JESSICA M. DA SILVA, & WILLIAM R. BRANCH 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 3750 (5): 465–493 - get paper here
  • Branch, William R. & Bauer, Aaron M. 2005. The herpetological contributions of Sir Andrew Smith. SSAR, 80 pp.
  • Burger, Marius 1988. Geographical Distribution. Sauria: Cordylidae: Gerrhosaurus typicus (A. Smith). J. Herp. Assoc. Africa 35: 36. - get paper here
  • CONRADIE, W.; V. F. KING, M. PRESSLY & A. LEANDER 2017. Gerrhosaurus typicus (A. Smith, 1837) Karoo Plated Lizard - CLUTCH SIZE,INCUBATION PERIOD AND HATCHLING DESCRIPTION. African Herp News (64): 28-30 - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
  • FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here
  • Schleicher, Alfred 2020. Reptiles of Namibia. Kuiseb Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia, 271 pp.
  • Smith, A. 1837. The characters of two new genera of South African reptiles with descriptions of species belonging to each. Mag. Zool. Bot. (Jardine), Edinburgh-London-Dublin, 1 (2): 141-145 [1836]
  • Telford, N. S., ALEXANDER, G. J., BECKER, F. S., CONRADIE, W., JORDAAN, A., KEMP, L., ... & TOLLEY, K. A. 2022. EXTENSIONS TO THE KNOWN GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS OF REPTILES IN THE GREAT KAROO, SOUTH AFRICA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 17(1), 145-154 - get paper here
  • Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
 
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