Biology:Meroles ctenodactylus
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Meroles ctenodactylus". https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Meroles&species=ctenodactylus.
- ↑ 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)". Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 119–132. http://podarcis.de/AS/Bibliografie/BIB_4833.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5077809 entry
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