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Desert Lizards
Meroles
Meroles is a genus of lizards, commonly known as desert lizards, in the family Lacertidae. The genus contains eight species, inhabiting southwestern Africa, especially the Namib Desert.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Knox's Ocellated Sand Lizard
speciesMeroles knoxii
Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard
speciesMeroles cuneirostris
Shovel-snouted Lizard
speciesMeroles anchietae
Spotted Desert Lizard
speciesMeroles suborbitalis
Common Rough-scaled Lizard
speciesMeroles squamulosus
Reticulate Sand Lizard
speciesMeroles reticulatus
Smith's Desert Lizard
speciesMeroles ctenodactylus
Small-scaled Sand Lizard
speciesMeroles micropholidotus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 35819.