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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Yellow-throated Plated Lizard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus
- Gerrhosaurus intermedius
- Zonosaurus ornatus
- Ctenotus spaldingi
- Ctenotus inornatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gerrhosauridae
- Genus
- Gerrhosaurus
- Species
- Gerrhosaurus flavigularis
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