''Zonosaurus quadrilineatus'', the four-lined girdled lizard, is a lizard

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

native to an area of approximately 3,300 km around

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in south-western

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, and is found in dry habitats from sand dunes to forests. It is known to occur at elevations close to sea level.

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Zonosaurus Reptiles described in 1867 Taxa named by Alfred Grandidier {{lizard-stub