---
title: "Rough-scaled Plated Lizard"
description: "Broadleysaurus major — Reptiles. The Sudan plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major), also known as the western plated lizard, great plated lizard, or Broadley's rough-scaled plated lizard, is a medium-sized, diurnal African lizard."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rough-scaled-plated-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rough-scaled Plated Lizard

> Broadleysaurus major — Reptiles. The Sudan plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major), also known as the western plated lizard, great plated lizard, or Broadley's rough-scaled plated lizard, is a medium-sized, diurnal African lizard.

- Scientific name: *Broadleysaurus major*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 927
- Wikidata: [Q581845](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581845)
- iNaturalist taxon: [466218](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/466218)

## Names

- en: Rough-scaled Plated Lizard
- de: Braune Schildechse
- es: Gerrhosaurus major
- fr: Gerrhosaurus major
- it: Gerrhosaurus major
- nl: Soedanese schildhagedis
- pt: Gerrhosaurus major
- pl: Tarczowiec ryjący

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (298), KE (224), ZA (154), MZ (29), ZW (21), MW (10), UG (6), BJ (4), SZ (3)

## Summary

The Sudan plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major), also known as the western plated lizard, great plated lizard, or Broadley's rough-scaled plated lizard, is a medium-sized, diurnal African lizard.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_plated_lizard

## Photo

![Rough-scaled Plated Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rough-scaled-plated-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87291291

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rough-scaled-plated-lizard?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).