A family of African and Asian lizards characterized by heavily keeled, armor-like scales and a generally ground-dwelling lifestyle.
Scientific Latin from Greek 'gerrhon' (shield) + 'sauros' (lizard). The family name follows Linnaean taxonomy conventions for classifying organisms.
Gerrhosauridae includes plated lizards that can literally run up smooth walls backwards by vibrating their bodies at specific frequencies—it's biomechanics that engineers are still trying to replicate in robots.
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