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    Species Accepted

    Meroles ctenodactylus (Smith, 1838)

    Giant Desert Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Meroles
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Giant Desert Lizard English
      Kæmpe-ørkenfirben Danish
      Smith's Desert Lizard English
      Smith's Sand Lizard English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      22 results
      Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds). (2023). Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
      FitzSimons, V. F. (1943). The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 Pp.
      Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.). (2014). Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 Pp.
      Arnold, E. N. (1991). Relationships of the South African lizards assigned to Aporosaura, Meroles and Pedioplanis (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Journal of Natural History 25: 783–807.
      Smith, A. (1838). Contributions to the Natural History of Southern Africa. Art. VIII. Mag. Nat. Hist., London, 2 (14): 92-94.
      Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. (1839). Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol. 5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 Pp.
      Bauer, A. M., & and Branch, W. R. (2003). The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 8: 111-160 [2001].
      Szczerbak, Nikolai N. (1989). Catalogue of the African Sand lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles). Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 119-132.
      Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch. (2013). Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1921). Monograph of the Lacertidae, vol. 2. British Museum (London), 451 Pp.

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