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What is the difference between a zonosaur and a plated lizard?I have a four lined plated lizard, and some books call it a four lined zonosaur.
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It still is a plated lizard AND a Zonosaur .
Its just not from the genus Gerrhosaurus like so many (not all) of the african plateds but from the malagasy genus Zonosaurus.
Zonosaurus quadrilineatus, the four lined plated/Zonosaur are sand swimmers and dwellers. But the genus Zonosaurus also contains lizards with habtis which are very uncommon for plateds. Some Zonosaurus do even live a semiaquatic life almost like alligators.
So you have to do your homework if you aquire a Zonosaur.

Hope that helps

Ingo

I saw a picture in my book Lizards A to Z and it was called a 4 striped zonosaur so I new the care but I just didn't know whart name was correct.
But thanks

How did you become so smart??????
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My plated

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1.0.0 Chinese Water Dragon
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Yes, thats Z. quadrilineatus.
But I´d change the substrate to dust free round grained sand and only leave a moister mulch corner for sleeping.

Ci@o

Ingo

P.S.: 30 years of personal experience plus reading , talking, discussing,attending symposia, phD in Biology etc. Just the normal way