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African Grass Lizards
Chamaesaura
The Chamaesaura, also known as grass lizards, are a genus of legless lizards from southern and eastern Africa. The limbs are reduced to small spikes. Chamaesaura propel themselves like snakes, pushing against contact points in the environment, such as rocks, plants and irregularities in the soil. They are viviparous and eat small invertebrates, especially grasshoppers.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Cape Snake Lizard
speciesChamaesaura anguina
Transvaal Snake Lizard
speciesChamaesaura aenea
Large-scale Snake Lizard
speciesChamaesaura macrolepis
East African Highland Grass Lizard
speciesChamaesaura tenuior
Zambian Grass Lizard
speciesChamaesaura miopropus
Chamaesaura nombo
speciesChamaesaura nombo
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 33070.