Meroles ctenodactylus

Meroles ctenodactylus
Male and female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertoidea
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Meroles
Species:
M. ctenodactylus
Binomial name
Meroles ctenodactylus
(Smith, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lacerta ctenodactylus Smith,1838
  • Eremias capensis Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Acanthodactylus capensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1839_
  • Scapteira ctenodactyla Loveridge, 1936
  • Scaptira ctenodactylus (Smith,1838)

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

  1. ^ "Meroles ctenodactylus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
  2. ^ Meroles ctenodactylus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 January 2016.
  3. ^ 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.


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