Meroles
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Meroles is a genus of lizards, commonly known as desert lizards, in the family Lacertidae. The genus contains eight species, inhabiting southwestern Africa, especially the Namib Desert.
Description
Desert lizards have fine, granular dorsal scales. The hind toes are elongated and possess fringes of scales.[1]
Species
The following eight species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Meroles anchietae (Bocage, 1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - shovel-snouted lizard, Anchieta's dune lizard
- Meroles ctenodactylus (A. Smith, 1838)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - giant desert lizard, Smith's sand lizard, Smith's desert lizard
- Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". -wedge-snouted sand lizard, wedge-snouted desert lizard
- Meroles knoxii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Knox's ocellated sand lizard, Knox's desert lizard
- Meroles micropholidotus Mertens, 1938Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - small-scaled desert lizard
- Meroles reticulatus (Bocage, 1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - reticulate sand lizard
- Meroles squamulosus (W. Peters, 1869)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - common rough-scaled lizard, savanna lizard
- Meroles suborbitalis (W. Peters, 1854)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - spotted sand lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Meroles.
References
Further reading
- Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [First Series] 1: 274–283, 388–394. (Meroles, new genus, p. 282).
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- ↑ Genus Meroles at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.