Platted Lizard

                         PLATTED LIZARD

SCIENTIFIC NAME :-    Gerrhosaurus flavigularis

OCCURRENCE :-           Sudan,Ethiopia,Cape Province

HABITAT :-                  Grassland , Scrub

SIZE :-                         Length 45.5 cm

FAMILY :-                    Cordylidae

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS :-

1. It is a slender , ground-living lizard usually greenish-grey or brownish with a red or yellow throat and often a narrow stripe down each side.
2. It has hard bony plates underneath the external scales and head shields are fused to the skull . This undercoat of armour is not continuous over the whole body.
3. It has well developed limbs with five toes on each foot and a very long tail.
4. It is a burrowing lizard and darts into its harrow at the first hint of danger.
5. It feeds mainly on insects.
6. The female lays a clutch of 4 or 5 eggs in a hole which she digs in the soil.