Meroles ctenodactylus
Appearance
Meroles ctenodactylus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Meroles |
Species: | M. ctenodactylus
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Binomial name | |
Meroles ctenodactylus (Smith, 1838)
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Meroles ctenodactylus, also known as the giant desert lizard, Smith's sand lizard or Smith's desert lizard, is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. It occurs in westernmost South Africa and western Namibia.[1][2]
References
- ^ Meroles ctenodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 January 2016.
- ^ Szczerbak, N. N. (1989). "Catalogue of the African sand lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles)" (PDF). Herpetozoa. 1 (3/4): 119–132.