About a week or two ago, I was looknig for bearded dragons in a local pet store when I came across two *apparently* large skink-like lizards. Since no beardies were in sight, I purchased the two of them. Since then I have become the proud owner of 5 plated lizards.
With a variety of plateds, I noticed differences, and went out on the web to classify my scale skinks.
Dead ends everywhere. No sure classification on any except two.
So now I ask this forum to help me clarify the names *with pics, of course* of all the members of the Genus Gerrhosaurus.
Gerrhosaurus major was easiest to find and classify.
http://www.nhf.dk/galleri/images/ogle8.jpg
The others, not so much.
After deducing and searching the net with my friend, I have come up with a somewhat valid classification set.
Major, of course, is listed above.
Validus.
http://www.swissherp.org/Reptiles/Cordylidae/Gerrhosaurus_validus.jpg
Nigrolineatus. *thanks to a skull identification site*
http://www.azreptileshow.20m.com/images/plated_2.jpg
Multilineatus.
http://ownersfish.fc2web.com/lizards/lizards/06-lizards/06-06-30oni-02-01.jpg
Flavigularis.
http://www.reptilesforsale.com/PLATED.jpg
And finally,
the hidden species,
Typicus.
http://www.dierenambulance.nl/Gerrhosaurus Major.JPG
I found that there is a LOT of misidentification in this genus, so feel free to correctly identify any of the following.
