Desert plated lizard
| Desert plated lizard | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gerrhosauridae |
| Genus: | Gerrhosaurus |
| Species: | G. skoogi
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| Binomial name | |
| Gerrhosaurus skoogi Andersson, 1916
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The desert plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus skoogi) is a reptile species endemic to the northern Namib Desert in Namibia and Angola. Also known as the sand plated lizard, It is diurnal.