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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Meroles (desert lizards)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Lepidosauromorpha > Lepidosauria > Squamata (lizards and snakes) > Family: Lacertidae (lacertids, wall lizards)

Species native to southern Africa

Meroles anchietae (Shovel-snouted lizard)

 

 

Meroles ctenodactylus (Smith's desert lizard)

 

Meroles cuneirostris (Wedge-snouted desert lizard)

 

 

Meroles knoxii (Knox's desert lizard)

 

Meroles micropholidotus (Small-scaled desert lizard)

 

 

Meroles reticulatus (Reticulated desert lizard)

 

 

Meroles suborbitalis (Spotted desert lizard)