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Cape Snake Lizard
Chamaesaura anguina
The Cape grass lizard (Chamaesaura anguina), also known as the Cape snake lizard or the highland grass lizard, is a species of lizard in the genus Chamaesaura. It widely found in southern Africa, inhabiting grasslands. In one of the countries it lives in, Eswatini, it is listed as a Near Threatened species.
The Cape grass lizard is ovoviviparous. A discovery has shown females are not breeding at the same time in a year.
From the article Cape grass lizard on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The Cape grass lizard is widely distributed throughout the grasslands of southern Africa. It has been reported in South Africa, Eswatini, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. The grasslands that the Cape grass lizard inhabit are often affected by wildfires.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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 33073.