Combinations

• Cicigna madagascariensis var. ornata Gray, 1831: 64 [original combination]
• Gerrhosaurus ornatus — Boettger, 1877: 35 [subsequent combination]
• Zonosaurus ornatus — Boulenger, 1887: 127 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gerrhosaurus lineatus Cocteau, 1834: unpaginated [synonymized by Gray (1845: 50)]

Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.2810, collected by Jules Goudot.

Type locality: “Madagascar”.

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. [1830] 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. in Griffith, E & Pidgeon, E.. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. V Whittaker, Treacher and Co.: London. 481 + 110 pp. BHL
• Cocteau, J.T. 1834. [Reptiles]. Magasin de Zoologie Class 3, 4: plates 1–16. BHL

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Second edition. Volume 3. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Printed by Order of the Trustees: London. XII + 575 pp., pls I–XL. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Zonosaurus ornatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 July 2018.

• Raselimanana, A. & Vences, M. 2011. IUCN: Zonosaurus ornatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172804A6921399. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172804A6921399.en