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    Species Accepted

    Meroles suborbitalis (Peters, 1869)

    Spotted Desert Lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      5 results
      Gespikkelde Woestynakkedis Afrikaans
      Plettet Ørkenfirben Danish
      Spotted Desert Lizard English
      Spotted Desrt Lizard English
      Spotted Sand Lizard English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      29 results
      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.
      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.
      Röll, B., & Henkel, F. W. (2002). Are pygopods just legless geckos? Evidence from retinal structures. Salamandra 38 (2): 73-84.
      Boettger, O. (1886). Beitrag zur Herpetologie und Malakozoologie Südwest-Afrikas. 1. Zur Kenntniss der Fauna von Angra Pequenia. Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 1886: 3-29.
      Haacke, W. D. (1975). Herpetological investigations in the sand sea of the southern Namib. . TRANSVAAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 15: 8-10.
      Branch, William R. (1993). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
      Barends, J. M., Stanton-Jones, W. K., Conradie, W., & Tolley, K. A. (2025). The herpetofauna of Meerkat National Park, Northern Cape province, South Africa. Koedoe, 67(1), 5.
      Huey, Raymound B.; Eric R. Pianka. (1981). Ecological Consequences of Foraging Mode. Ecology 62 (4):991-999.

      Citation

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