Zonosaurus brygooi

Zonosaurus brygooi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gerrhosauridae
Genus:	Zonosaurus
Species:	Z. brygooi
Binomial name
Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme, 1990

Zonosaurus brygooi, also known commonly as Brygoo's girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, brygooi, is in honor of French herpetologist Édouard-Raoul Brygoo. ^{[2] [3]}

Geographic range

Z. brygooi is found in northeastern Madagascar. ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Z. brygooi is forest, at altitudes of 600–850 m (1,970–2,790 ft). ^[1]

Description

Z. brygooi may attain a total length (including tail) of 30 cm (12 in). ^[2]

Reproduction

Z. brygooi is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Raselimanana, A.; Vences, M. (2020). "Zonosaurus brygooi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T172894A177348303. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Zonosaurus brygooi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 16 December 2014.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Zonosaurus brygooi, p. 41).

Further reading

• Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN   978-3929449-03-7.
• Lang M, Böhme W (1990). "A new species of the Zonosaurus rufipes-complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Gerrhosauridae) from Northern Madagascar". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie59: 163–168. (Zonosaurus brygooi, new species).