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The enclosure should be allowed to cool down at night, but should not get colder than 60 °F. Sudan plated lizards should also be provided with a high quality T5 HO (desert) UVB lamp half the length of the enclosure and placed on the same side as the heat lamp.
The largest species in this family is the giant plated lizard (Matobosaurus validus), with a total length of up to 69 cm (27 in) [85] [86] or even 75 cm (29.5 in), [87] with a snout-vent length (SVL) of 28 cm (11 in). [85] Another large plated lizard is the Sudan plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major), with a length of about 51–60 cm (20–24 in).
Armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus), a species of lizard in the family Cordylidae; Blue-spotted girdled lizard (Ninurta coeruleopunctatus), endemic to southern, coastal South Africa; Madagascar girdled lizard or Madagascar plated lizard (Zonosaurus madagascariensis), a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae
Plated lizards: Sudan Plated Lizard (Gerrhosaurus major) Gymnophthalmidae: Spectacled lizards-- Lacertidae Oppel, 1811: Wall or true lizards: Ocellated Lizard (Lacerta lepida) Scincidae Oppel, 1811: Skinks: Western Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua occipitalis) Teiidae: Tegus or whiptails: Blue Tegu (Tupinambis teguixin) Xantusiidae: Night lizards
Sudan plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major) ... On September 6, 2015, a cheetah named Pounce escaped his enclosure, prompting a one-hour lockdown of the zoo facility.
Also known as plated lizards, species in the family Gerrhosauridae live in a range of habitats, from rocky crevices to sand dunes. [1] Description.
savannah from Sudan to South Africa [2] Lobatse hinge-back tortoise: Kinixys lobatsiana: Southern Africa: African softshell turtle: Trionyx triunguis: parts of East, West and Middle Africa Pancake tortoise: Malacochersus tornieri: most common in Kenya and Tanzania [3] Radiated tortoise: Astrochelys radiata: native to southern Madagascar [4 ...
The yellow-throated plated lizard or plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus flavigularis) is a species of lizard, which is about 45½ cm (18 inches) in total length (including tail) and lives in the grassland and scrub of Sudan, Ethiopia and along Eastern Africa down to South Africa. [2]