Chamaesaura
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The Chamaesaura, also known as grass lizards, are a genus of legless lizards from southern and eastern Africa. The limbs are reduced to small spikes. Chamaesaura propel themselves like snakes, pushing against contact points in the environment, such as rocks, plants and irregularities in the soil.[1] They are viviparous and eat small invertebrates, especially grasshoppers.
Species
- Chamaesaura aenea (Fitzinger, 1843)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – coppery grass lizard, Transvaal snake lizard
- Chamaesaura anguina Linnaeus, 1758Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cape grass lizard, Cape snake lizard
- Chamaesaura macrolepis (Cope, 1862)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – large-scale grass lizard, large-scale snake lizard
- Chamaesaura miopropus Boulenger, 1895Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Zambian snake lizard, Zambian grass lizard
- Chamaesaura tenuior Günther, 1895Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cape snake lizard
References
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- ↑ Cogger, H 1993 Fauna of Australia. Vol. 2A Amphibia and Reptilia. Australian Biological Resources Studies, Canberra.
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- Branch, B., 1998. Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa: Ralph Curtis Books Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, 399 p.
- Spawls, S., Howell, K, Drewes, R, and Ashe, J, 2002. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa: Academic Press, San Diego, 543 p.
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