Distribution: Africa, south of 5 deg. northern latitude, except Zaire (forest areas) and Kalahari. [Lang 1991: map]
Gerrhosaurus auritus Boettger, 1887
1887 Gerrhosaurus auritus Boettger
1942 Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus auritus – Loveridge
1988 Gerrhosaurus multilineatus auritus – Branch
2003 Gerrhosaurus auritus – Griffin
2007 Gerrhosaurus auritus – Broadley (in book review)
Boettger, O. (1887): Zweiter Beitrag zur Herpetologie Südwest- und Süd-Afrikas. — Bericht über die Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt), (1886/1887), 135–173. [see below] [as Gerrhosaurus auritus; type locality: “Ondonga, Ovamboland, Namibia”; type in SMF]
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Auerbach 1985:
morph, behav •
Auerbach
1986: etymology
• Auerbach 1987:
morph, behav, distr
• Bowler 1977:
age: >8 years
• Fitzsimons
1935[b]: distr, size,
morph, colour • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Griffin 2003:
conservation status,
distr • Hewitt 1910[b]:
morph, distr •
Hughes
1988: age: >8 years
• Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Mertens 1922:
type in SMF •
Mertens
1955[b]: sys,
distr • Mertens 1967:
type in SMF •
Rose
1962: morph, behav
• Snider & Bowler
1992: age: >8 years
• Visser 1984[a]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Gerrhosaurus
bulsi Laurent,
1954
1954 Gerrhosaurus auritus bulsi
Laurent
2004 Gerrhosaurus bulsi – Broadley & Cotterill
2007 Gerrhosaurus bulsi – Broadley (in book
review)
Laurent, R.
F. (1954): Reptiles et
Batraciens de la region de Dundo (Angola) (Deuxieme note).
– Com. Dia. Angola, Ser. Cul. Publ. Cult., 23: 37-84. [type
locality: “Dundo, Angola”]
Gerrhosaurus
flavigularis Wiegmann,
1828
1834
Gerrhosaurus ocellatus Cocteau
1836 Pleurotuchus desjardinii Smith
1836 Pleurotuchus chrysobronchus Smith
1844 Gerrhosaurus bibroni Smith
1883 Gerrhosaurus flavigularis var. quadrilineata
Boettger
1942 Gerrhosaurus flavigularis flavigularis –
Loveridge
1942 Gerrhosaurus flavigularis fitzsimonsi
Loveridge
1991 Gerrhosaurus flavigularis – Broadley &
Howell
1998 Gerrhosaurus flavigularis – Branch
Wiegmann,
A. (1828): Beyträge
zur Amphibienkunde. — Isis von Oken (Leipzig), 21: 364–383.
[type locality: “Africa merid.”; syntype in ZMB]
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Alexander 1990: distr
• Auerbach 1985:
morph, behav •
Auerbach
1986: etymology
• Auerbach 1987:
morph, behav, distr
• Barrio & Santoma
1996: ter
• Bauer 2000:
about type locality,
sys • Bauer, Lang &
Günther 1994: sys,
about type • Beddaed 1905[a]:
arterial system
• Beddard 1905[b]:
anatomy •
Berger-Dell’mour
1987: distr
• Boettger 1883:
description of
Gerrhosaurus
flavigularis var. quadrilineata
(type locality: “Smithfield,
Transvaal”, type in SMF) • Böhme 1988:
genital morphology
• Boulenger
1887[a]: morph
• Bourquin & Channing
1980: distr,
habitat • Boycott & Morgan
1988: reproduction • Branch 1976:
Gerrhosaurus
as stomach contents of
Lycophidion capense
• Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Branch 2005:
morph, distr, photo
• Broadley
1959[b]: morph,
behav • Broadley
1962[a]: morph, size,
habitat • Broadley
1971[c]: distr,
habitat • Broadley & Howell
1991: sys, distr
• Brygoo 1985[a]:
sys, syntypes of
Gerrhosaurus
bibroni and Gerrhosaurus ocellatus
in MHNP •
Clauss
& Clauss 2002: distr, biology •
Cocteau
1834: description
of Gerrhosaurus
ocellatus,
type locality: “Cap de Bonne Espérance” •
Cope
1862: morph
• Cott 1934:
morph, colour, behav
• Douglas 1992:
reproduction
• Fitzsimons
1935[b]: distr, morph,
size, colour • Fitzsimons 1937:
about type of
Gerrhosaurus
bibroni • Fitzsimons
1939[b]: morph,
colour, size • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour,
size, distr, behav • Flower 1937:
age: >11 years
• Gray 1845:
morph •
Griffin
2003: conservation
status, distr • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Hedges
1983: behav
• Hewitt 1910[b]:
morph, distr •
Hewitt
1937[b]: morph, distr,
behav • Hughes 1988:
age: >11 years
• Girard & Plazanet
2002: autotomy
• Kober 1998
and 1999:
behav •
Kober
1990: ter,
breeding • Loveridge 1920:
morph, behav •
Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) and description of Gerrhosaurus flavigularis
fitzsimonsi (type locality: “Mt. Mbololo, Teita,
Kenya Colony”; type in MCZ) • Loveridge
1953[a]: morph, size,
breeding • Malan 1941:
cranial anatomy
• Manacas 1952:
morph •
Mitchell
& Steyn 1965: morph, colour, distr •
Nieden
1913: morph
• Nietzke 1998:
ter, morph, distr,
behav • Nietzke 1978:
ter, morph •
Odierna et
al. (2002): Karyotypes
• Patterson &
Bannister 1988: morph,
behav • Peters 1882:
morph, distr •
Pienaar
1978: morph, distr,
behav • Pienaar, Haacke &
Jacobsen 1983: morph,
distr, behav • Popp 1958:
ter •
Rogner
1994: morph, behav,
ter • Rose 1962:
morph, behav •
Schmidt
1998: ter
• Smet 1981:
description of karyotypes
• Smith 1836:
description of
Pleurotuchus
Desjardinii (type locality: “country alongst the
south-east coast”) and of Pleurotuchus
chrysobronchus (type locality: “towards the sources of
the Cowie river, about Graham’s Town and Blue Kranz”)
• Smith 1838-1849 [=
1844]: description
of Gerrhosaurus
bibroni (type
locality: “towards the sources of the Caledon, one of the
principal branches of the Orange River”, type in NHM) =
plate 38 (1844) fig. 1: Gerrhosaurus bibroni
• Smith 1838-1849 [=
1844]: morph •
Snider
& Bowler 1992: age: >1 year •
Spawls,
Howell, Drewes & Ashe 2001: morph, distr, map, habitat, biology
• Stebbins 1961:
body temperature
• Tornier 1902:
distr, morph •
de Waal
1978: sys, distr, for
the OFS with map, morph, habitat, breeding, diet •
Wever
1978: structure and
function of ear • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Werner
1910: morph,
distr •
Gerrhosaurus
major major Duméril,
1851
1889
Gerrhosaurus zanzibaricus Pfeffer
1906 Gerrhosaurus bergi Werner
1908 Gerrhosaurus grandis Boulenger
1910 Gerrhosaurus major var. grandis – Hewitt
1987 Gerrhosaurus major major – Broadley
Duméril, A.
(1851): Catalogue
Méthodique de la Collection des Reptiles. — Paris: Gide et
Baudry, iv + 224 pp. [type locality: “Zanzibar”; syntype in
MHNP]
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to enlarge
Auerbach 1987: morph,
behav, distr • Barrio & Santoma
1996: ter
• Bech & Kaden
1990: ter
• Bellekom 1990:
ter •
Böhme
1975: distr,
sexualdichromatism • Böhme 1988:
genital morphology
• Boulenger
1887[a]: morph
• Boulenger
1908[a]: description
of Gerrhosaurus
grandis (type
locality: “Ubombo, Zululand”, type in NHM) •
Bowker
1984: thermoregulatory
abilities, patterns of thermoregulation •
Bowler
1977: age: >11
years • Boycott & Morgan
1988: reproduction •
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Branch 2005:
morph, distr, photo
• Broadley
1959[b]: morph,
behav • Broadley
1962[a]: morph, size,
habitat, diet • Broadley
1971[b]: morph, distr
• Broadley
1971[c]: distr,
habitat • Broadley 1987:
review of variations, sys,
map • Brygoo 1985[a]:
sys, about syntype
• Cobron 1987:
morph, distr, habitat,
ter • Cooper, van Wyk,
Mouton, Al-Johany et al. 2000: antipredatory behavior •
Cott
1934: colour, behav
• Couvering 1979:
fossil Gerrhosaurus •
Dassow
2008: ter, breeding,
diet • Dathe 1987:
morph, behav, ter
• Dijk, Manley &
Gallo 1998: spontaneous otoacoustic emissions
• Don, Estany, Ramos et
al. 1994: fever
• Estes 1962:
fossil Gerrhosaurus •
Evans
1994: morph, ter,
diet, breeding • Fitzsimons
1939[b]: morph,
colour, size • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Flower 1937:
age: >7 years
• Haagner & Morgan
1992: behav,
courtship, mating, reproduction, hatching •
Harvey
& Gutberlet 1995: microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of
scale surfaces • Hedges 1983:
behav •
Hewitt
1910[b]: morph,
distr • Hughes 1988:
age: >16 years
• John 1980:
behav, morph, habitat, ter
• Kellough 1989:
ter, breeding •
Laforgia
& Varano 1982: chromaffin cells in the adrenal glands
• Loveridge 1920:
morph, behav •
Loveridge
1942[a]: revision (=
all data) • Loveridge
1953[a]: morph, size,
breeding, habitat • Muchlinski, Estany,
Salguero et al. 1998: acute phase response •
Muchlinski,
Gramajo & Garcia 1999: antibiotic, body temperature set-point,
fever, telemetry, temperature regulation •
Nieden
1913: morph
• Nietzke 1998:
ter, morph, behav, diet,
reproduction • Nietzke 1978:
ter, morph •
Odierna et
al. (2002): Karyotypes • Olmo, Capriglione,
Odierna et al. 1995: genome characteristics •
Olmo &
Odierna 1980: chromosomes, DNA, karyotype
• Patterson &
Bannister 1988: morph,
behav • Peters 1882:
morph, distr •
Pfeffer
1889: description
of Gerrhosaurus
zanzibaricus (type locality: “Zanzibar,
Kibueni”) • Pienaar 1978:
morph, distr, behav
• Pienaar, Haacke &
Jacobsen 1983: morph,
distr, behav • Rese 1986:
morph, distr, ter,
reproduction, diet, behav • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Rowe-Rowe 1968:
ter, diet, behav
• Schmidt 1998:
ter •
Smet
1981: description of
karyotypes • Snider & Bowler
1992: age: >24
years • Spawls, Howell, Drewes
& Ashe 2001: morph, distr, map, habitat, biology
• Tornier 1902:
distr, morph •
Visser
1984[a]: morph, behav,
distr • Wever 1978:
structure and function of ear
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Werner
1906: description
of Gerrhosaurus
bergi (type
locality: “Usambara”, holotype in ZMB)
•
Gerrhosaurus
major bottegoi del
Prato, 1895
1895 Gerrhosaurus
bottegoi del Prato
1901 Gerrhosaurus major var. zechi Tornier
1919 Gerrhosaurus zechi – Schmidt
1987 Gerrhosaurus major bottegoi – Broadley
Prato, A. del
(1895): Vertebrati
Eritri aggiunta al catalogo della collezione Eritrea
Bottego. — Atti. Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. (Milano), 35: 17–26.
[see below] [as Gerrhosaurus
bottegoi; type
locality: “Valle di Ghinda, Eritrea”; type in Museo
Bettego, Parma]
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Bauer, Lang & Günther 1994: sys, about syntype of Gerrhosaurus major zechi
in ZMB •
Broadley
1987: review of
variations, sys, map • Chirio & LeBreton
2007: as
Gerrhosaurus major
zechi, incl. foto
• Daszak & Ball
2001: description of
parasites • Dunger 1967:
morph, behav, distr, size
• Hedges 1983:
behav •
Loveridge
1933: morph, diet,
habitat • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Parker 1942:
morph, colour, sys
• Schmidt 1919:
morph, distr, colour,
behav • Tornier 1901:
description of
Gerrhosaurus
major var. zechi (type locality: “Kete Kratje,
Togo”) • Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Gerrhosaurus
multilineatus Bocage,
1866
1866
Gerrhosaurus multilineatus Bocage
2007 Gerrhosaurus multilineatus – Broadley (in
book review)
Bocage, J.
(1866[a]): Lista dos
reptis das possessões portuguezas d’Africa occidental que
existem no Museu de Lisboa. — Jornal de Sciencias
Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes (Lisboa), 1: 37–56. [type
locality: “Duque de Braganca, Angola”; type in Museu de
Lisboa] — and [this paper follows the
before-mentioned:] Bocage, J.
(1866[b]): Reptiles
nouveaux ou peu connus recueilles dans les possessions
portugaises de l’Afrique occidentale, qui se trouvent au
Muséum de Lisbonne. — Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas,
Physicas e Naturaes (Lisboa), 1: 57–78.
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley 1960:
description of
Gerrhosaurus
nigrolineatus anselli (type locality: “Mwinilunga Boma,
Northern Rhodesia”, type in National Museum Southern
Rhodesia) • Broadley
1971[c]: distr,
habitat • Broadley 1991:
habitat, reproduction
• Broadley &
Cotterill 2004: distr,
sys • Haagner, Branch &
Haagner 2000: size,
diet, reproduction, parasites, as Gerrhosaurus
bulsi, with a
note that “the taxon G. multilineatus
Bocage is based on a hybrid
specimen. The name is therefore unavailable.” •
Harvey
& Gutberlet 1995: microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of
scale surfaces • Laurent 1954[a]:
description of
Gerrhosaurus auritus
bulsi, type
locality: “Dundo”) • Laurent 1964:
morph, sys •
Gerrhosaurus
nigrolineatus nigrolineatus Hallowell,
1857
1907
Gerrhosaurus flavigularis forma intermedia
Lönnberg
1919 Gerrhosaurus flavigularis nigrolineatus –
Schmidt
1939 Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus australis
Fitzsimons
1968 Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus nigrolineatus –
Wermuth
1998 Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus – Branch
Hallowell, E.
(1857): Notice of a
collection of Reptiles from the Gaboon country, West
Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford. —
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of
Philadelphia, 9 (1857): 48–72. [type locality: “Gaboon”;
type in Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia]
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to enlarge
Auerbach
1986: etymology
• Auerbach 1987:
morph, behav, distr
• Boettger 1888:
morph, distr •
Boulenger
1887[a]: morph
• Bowker 1984:
thermoregulatory abilities,
patterns of thermoregulation • Branch 1976:
Gerrhosaurus
as stomach contents of
Lycophidion capense
• Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Branch 2005:
morph, distr, photo
• Broadley
1959[b]: morph,
behav • Broadley
1962[a]: morph, size,
habitat, diet • Broadley
1971[c]: distr,
habitat • Broadley &
Cotterill 2004: distr
• Cooper 1992:
tongue flicking
• Cooper & Habegger
2001: behav, omnivory,
food chemical discrimination • Cooper & Trauth
1992: pheromone,
cloacal glands, tongue-flicks • Cope 1896:
hemipenis •
Fitzsimons
1935[b]: distr, morph,
size, colour • Fitzsimons 1938:
morph, colour •
Fitzsimons
1939[a]: description
of Gerrhosaurus
nigrolineatus australis (type locality: “Kaapmuiden, Eastern
Transvaal”, type in TM) • Fitzsimons
1939[b]: morph,
colour, size • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Goldberg & Bursey
2010: endoparasites
• Griffin 2003:
conservation status,
distr • Haagner & Morgan
1991: reproduction • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Hellmich
1954-55: behav
• Hellmich
1957[a]: distr,
morph • Hellmich
1957[b]: distr, morph,
behav • Hellmich &
Schmelcher 1956: description of Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus
ahlefeldti (type locality: “Piri-Dembos, Nova Roca
Douro”; type in Zoological Museum, Hamburg) •
Huff
1989: ter
• Lönnberg 1907:
description of
Gerrhosaurus
flavigularis forma
intermedia (type
locality: ”Steppe near Natron Lake, Kibonoto,
Tanganyika”) • Loveridge 1920:
morph, behav •
Loveridge
1923[b]: morph
• Loveridge
1942[a]: revision (=
all data) • Loveridge
1942[b]: breeding • Loveridge
1953[a]: morph, size
• Manacas 1963:
morph, colour •
Mertens
1955[b]: morph,
distr • Mertens 1970:
age: >4 years
• Nietzke 1978:
ter, morph
• Peterson & Bezy
1985: microstructure
of scale surfaces • Pienaar 1978:
morph, colour, size, distr,
behav • Pienaar, Haacke &
Jacobsen 1983: morph,
colour, distr, behav • Popp 1958:
ter •
Rogner
1994: morph, behav,
ter • Schmidt 1919:
morph, distr, behav
• Schmidt 1913:
skin, dermal bones
• Spawls, Howell, Drewes
& Ashe 2001: morph, distr, map, habitat, biology
• Sternfeld 1912:
morph •
Versluys
1898: description of
the middle and outer ear • Visser 1984[a]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Wever
1970: fine structure
of the ear • Wever 1978:
structure and function of ear
•
Gerrhosaurus
nigrolineatus ahlefeldti Hellmich
& Schmelcher, 1956
status not clear
Franzen & Glaw
2007: remarks on the
types •
Gerrhosaurus
skoogi Andersson,
1916
1916
Gerrhosaurus skoogi Andersson
1942 Gerrhosaurus validus skoogi – Loveridge
1953 Angolosaurus skoogi – Fitzsimons
2003 Gerrhosaurus skoogi – Griffin
2003 Gerrhosaurus skoogi – Lamb, Meeker, Bauer
& Branch
2007 Angolosaurus skoogi – Nance
Andersson,
L. (1916): Notes on
the reptiles and batrachians in the Zoological Museum at
Gothenburg with an account of some new species. — Göteborgs
Kungliga Vetenskap och Vitter Hets-Samnalles Handlingar
Sjatte Foljden, Series B, 4, (17, No. 5) [= Meddelanden
fran Göteborgs Musei Zool. Afdel. (Goteborg), No. 9]: 1–41.
[as Gerrhosaurus
skoogi; type
locality: “Port Alexander, Portuguese West Africa”; type in
Göteborg Museum] Distribution:
coastal zone of north-west
Namibia, south-west Angola (Namib desert).
[Lang 1991:
map]
Arnold 1995:
history of sand diving in the
Gerrhosauridae (Angolosaurus) •
Branch
1998: morph, breeding,
biology, habitat, distr, map • Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Chinsamy, Hanrahan,
Neto & Seely (1995): skeletochronological assessment of age
in Angolosaurus
• Clarke & Nicolson
1994: water, energy
and electrolyte balance • Cooper 1995:
“...also readily consumes
insects in the laboratory” • Fitzsimons 1953:
new genus (Angolosaurus),
morph, size, colour, behav, sys • Griffin 2003:
conservation status,
distr • Hamilton & Coetzee
1969: thermoregulatory
behaviour • Harvey & Gutberlet
1995: microstructure,
evolution and ontogeny of scale surfaces •
Lamb,
Meeker, Bauer & Branch 2003: DNA sequence analysis, systematic status,
replace of Angolosaurus within Gerrhosaurus • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision (=
all data) • Mitchell, Seely,
Roberts et al. 1987: morph, population characteristics,
feeding, predation, behav, locomotion, thermoregulation,
metabolic rate • Nagy, Clarke, Seely et
al. 1991: water and
energy balance • Nance 2007:
anatomy, skull,
mandible • Pietruszka
1988[b]: sexual
dimorphism, social structure • Pietruszka, Hanrahan,
Mitchell et al. 1986:
diet • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Seely, Mitchell &
Goelst 1990: thermoregulatory behaviour •
Seely,
Mitchell & Roberts et al. 1988: behav • Steyn 1963:
distr, morph, behav, diet
• Visser 1984[b]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Gerrhosaurus
typicus (Smith,
1836)
1836
Pleurotuchus typicus Smith
1839 Gerrhosaurus typicus – Duméril & Bibron
Smith, A.
(1836): The Characters
of two new Genera of South African Reptiles with
Descriptions of Species belonging to each. — Magazine of
Zoology and Botany (Jardine), (Edinburg, London &
Dublin), [1837], 1 (2): 141–145. [as Pleurotuchus
typicus; type
locality: “dry sandy flats of Little Namaqualand, and is
rather abundant towards the mouth of the Orange river”;
type in NHM]
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Boulenger
1887[a]: morph
• Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • McLachlan 1988:
summary of data, conservation
status: “rare”, map • Branch & Bauer
1995: behav
• Fitzsimons 1937:
type in NHM •
Fitzsimons
1943: sys, morph,
colour, size, distr, behav • Gray 1845:
morph •
Griffin
2003: conservation
status, distr • Hughes 1988:
age: >2 years
• Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Malan 1941:
cranial anatomy
• Smith 1838-1849 [=
1844]: morph. plate 38
fig. 2 • Visser 1984[a]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
Gerrhosaurus
validus validus Smith,
1849
1854
Gerrhosaurus robustus Peters
1930 Gerrhosaurus ciprianii Scortecci
1942 Gerrhosaurus validus validus – Loveridge
Smith, A. (1838–1849)
[= 1849]: Illustrations of the Zoology of South
Africa. Consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of
the objects of natural history collected during an
expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years
1834, 1835, and 1836. Fitted out by ‘The Cape of Good Hope
Association for Exploring Central Africa’. — London: Smith,
Elder and Co., [Appendix] [as Gerrhosaurus
vallidus; type
locality: “Sources of the Garrep or Orange River, South
Africa”; type in NHM]
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Auerbach 1986:
etymology •
Auerbach
1987: morph, behav,
distr • Barrio & Santoma
1996: ter
• Bauer, Lang &
Günther 1994: sys,
about type • Biegler 1966:
age: >10 years
• Bissinger & Simon
1979: tongue
extrusions • Boulenger
1887[a]: morph
• Bowler 1977:
age: >4 years
• Boycott & Morgan
1988: reproduction • Branch 1998:
morph, breeding, biology,
habitat, distr, map • Branch, Rödel &
Marais 2005: distr • Broadley
1959[b]: morph,
behav • Broadley
1962[a]: morph, size,
habitat, diet • Broadley
1971[b]: morph,
distr • Broadley
1971[c]: distr,
habitat • Broom 1935:
skull •
Cooper, van
Wyk, Mouton, Al-Johany et al. 2000: antipredatory behavior •
Cooper,
Whiting & van Wyk 1997: foraging modes •
Cooper
& Steele 1999: foraging and chemosensory behavior
• Cooper 2000:
chemosensory response to food
• Falk 1921:
behav, ter •
Fitzsimons
1935[b]: distr, size,
morph, colour • Fitzsimons 1937:
type in NHM •
Fitzsimons
1939[b]: morph,
colour, size • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Griffin 2003:
conservation status,
distr • Harbig (2003):
captive care, breeding
raising of juveniles, social interactions •
Harvey
& Gutberlet 1995: microstructure, evolution and ontogeny of
scale surfaces • Hering-Hagenbeck,
Petter & Boomker 2002: description of parasites •
Hewitt
1910[b]: morph,
distr • Hughes 1988:
age: >10 years
• Kellough 1989:
ter, breeding •
Köhler
1990: ter, breeding
• Laforgia & Varano
1982: chromaffin cells
in the adrenal glands • Loveridge
1942[a]: revision (=
all data) • Loveridge
1953[a]: morph, size,
breeding, habitat • Manacas 1952:
morph, colour •
Olmo,
Capriglione, Odierna et al. 1995: genome characteristics •
Olmo &
Odierna 1980: chromosomes, DNA, karyotype
• Patterson &
Bannister 1988: morph,
behav • Peters 1854:
description of
Gerrhosaurus
robustus,
type locality: “Tette”, lectotype in ZMB •
Peters
1882: morph, sys,
distr • Pienaar 1978:
colour, size distr, behav
• Pienaar, Haacke &
Jacobsen 1983: colour,
distr, behav • Rogner 1994:
morph, behav, ter
• Schmidt 2005:
Haltung, Zucht im
Familienverband • Schmidt 2004:
ter, breeding •
Schmidt
2008: ter, breeding
• Scortecci
1930[b]: description
of Gerrhosaurus
ciprianii (type locality: “Old Enchopi, Dintorni di
Mozambico”, type in [?]Museo Civico di Storia Nat. di
Milano) • Snider & Bowler
1992: age: >16
years • Steinmetz, Pütsch &
Bisschopinck 1998: transport mortality •
Switak
1979: behav, ter
• Switak 1988:
behav, ter •
Ulber
1999: about the
spelling „vallidus“ • Visser 1984[a]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr •
Wever
1978: structure and
function of ear •
Gerrhosaurus
validus maltzahni de Grys,
1938
1938
Gerrhosaurus maltzahni de Grys
1938 Gerrhosaurus validus damarensis Fitzsimons
1942 Gerrhosaurus validus maltzahni –
Loveridge
Grys,
P. de (1938): Gerrhosaurus Maltzahni
spec. nov. — Zoologischer
Anzeiger (Leipzig), 124 (3/4): 58–60. [see below]
[as Gerrhosaurus
maltzahni; type
locality: “Farm Roidina, D.S.W.-Afrika”; type in Zoological
Museum Hamburg]
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Fitzsimons
1938: description
of Gerrhosaurus
validus damarenis, type locality: “Kamanyab”, type in
TM • Fitzsimons 1943:
sys, morph, colour, size,
distr, behav • Hellmich
1954-55: behav
• Hellmich
1957[a]: distr,
morph • Hellmich
1957[b]: distr, morph,
behav • Hoffmann 1989:
distr •
Loveridge
1942[a]: revision
(=all data) • Mertens 1955[b]:
sys •
Rose
1962: morph,
behav • Visser 1984[a]:
morph, behav, distr
• Wermuth 1968:
sys, distr
•
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