Family Gerrhosauridae (Plated Lizards):
countries with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Madagascar
 19
No. 2
South Africa
 12
No. 3
Angola
 8
No. 4
Namibia
 7
No. 5
Zambia
 7
No. 6
Mozambique
 5
No. 7
Tanzania
 5
No. 8
Zimbabwe
 5
No. 9
Botswana
 4
No. 10
Congo-Kinshasa
 4
No. 11
Eswatini
 4
No. 12
Malawi
 4
No. 13
Kenya
 3
No. 14
Ethiopia
 2
No. 15
Somalia
 2
No. 16
Uganda
 2
No. 17
Benin
 1
No. 18
Cameroon
 1
No. 19
Central African Republic
 1
No. 20
Congo-Brazzaville
 1
No. 21
Djibouti
 1
No. 22
Eritrea
 1
No. 23
Gabon
 1
No. 24
Ghana
 1
No. 25
Nigeria
 1
No. 26
Rwanda
 1
No. 27
Seychelles
 1
No. 28
South Sudan
 1
No. 29
Sudan
 1
No. 30
Togo
 1