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Gerrhosauridae - English
URL: http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Reptilia

Cladogram.

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Familie Gerrhosauridae - German
URL: http://home.wanadoo.nl/rob.vanempel/familieGerrhosauridae.htm

De beschrijvingen en foto's zijn gedeeltelijk afkomstig van; Bill Branch's Field guide to snakes and other reptiles of South Africa. De teksten uit het boek zijn door mij vertaald uit het engels en de in de tekst genoemde seizoenen zijn de Afrikaanse seizoenen.

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Gerrhosauridae - English
URL: http://www.curator.org/LegacyVMNH/WebOfLife/Kingdom/P_Chordata/ClassReptilia/O_S

This family is very closely allied to the Cordylidae, and many zoologists consider this a subfamily of the latter. Gerrhosaurids, too, are entirely restricted to Africa, including Madagascar. Unlike cordylids, gerrhosaurids are egg layers and they lack the flattened, triangular heads of armadillo lizards.

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Gerrhosauridae - English
URL: http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/families/Gerrhosauridae.html

Habitat: Shifting-sand environments (especially in genera with reduced limbs), grassland, rain forests or more open formations (Malagasy species of Tracheloptychus and Zonosaurus). Many species dig burrows in the ground. Zonosaurus maximus is semiaquatic and takes to water to escape disturbance, hiding under bottom debris for long periods.

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