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    Species Accepted

    Meroles anchietae (Bocage, 1867)

    Anchieta's Dune 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

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Anchieta's Dune Lizard English
      Anchieta's Sand Lizard English
      Anchieta's Shovel-Snouted Lizard English
      Anchieta’s Dune or Shovel-Snouted Lizard English
      Namibisk Klitfirben Danish
      Shovel-snouted Lizard English
      meroles lopatonosý Czech
      stepniarka piaskonurek Polish
      アンチエタヒラタカナヘビ Japanese

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      33 results
      SANTOS, B. S. .,MARQUES, M. P. ., BAUER, A. M. ., & CERÍACO, L. M. P. . (2021). Herpetological results of Francisco Newton’s Zoological Expedition to Angola (1903–1906): a taxonomic revision and new records of a forgotten collection. Zootaxa 5028 (1): 1–80.
      FitzSimons, V. F. (1943). The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 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.
      Arnold, E. N. (1989). Towards a phylogeny and biogeography of the Lacertidae: relationships within an Old-World family of lizards derived from morphology. Bulletin of the British Museum (NATURAL HISTORY) ZOOLOGY 55 (2): 209-257.
      Cunningham, P., Maartens, L., & Prickett, M. (2018). A contribution to the reptiles of the Kunene River Mouth area. Namibian Journal of Environment, 2, Section B, 1-8. Retrieved From.
      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.
      Cimatti, E. (2007). Namibia - Introduction to a vast territory. Reptilia (GB) (50): 58-67.
      Louw, G. N., & Holm, E. (1972). Physiological, morphological and behavioural adaptions of the ultra-psammophilous Namib desert lizard, Aporosaura anchietae (Bocage). Madoqua 1: 67-85.
      Muth, A., & Mark Fisher. (2025). Population Biology of Meroles anchietae and an Elusive Sex Ratio. Journal of Herpetology, 59(3): 189-196.

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