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title: "Yellow-throated Plated Lizard"
description: "Gerrhosaurus flavigularis — Gady. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/yellow-throated-plated-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Yellow-throated Plated Lizard

> Gerrhosaurus flavigularis — Gady. 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.

- Scientific name: *Gerrhosaurus flavigularis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 746
- Wikidata: [Q1936086](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1936086)
- iNaturalist taxon: [34741](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/34741)

## Names

- en: Yellow-throated Plated Lizard
- de: Gelbkehl-Schildechse
- nl: Roodkeelschildhagedis

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (597), MZ (28), ZW (26), MW (17), KE (14), TZ (8), BW (7)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-throated Plated Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-throated-plated-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13860220

## Machine access

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