Meroles micropholidotus MERTENS, 1938
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Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Small-scaled Desert Lizard |
Synonym | Meroles micropholidotus MERTENS 1938 Scaptira micropholidotus — FITZSIMONS 1943: 370 Meroles micropholidotus — HAACKE 1975 Meroles micropholidotus — SZCZERBAK 1989 Meroles micropholidotus — LAMB & BAUER 2003 Meroles micropholidotus — EDWARDS et al. 2013 |
Distribution | Namibia (coast desert north of Lüderitz)
Type locality: Lüderitzbucht
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: UMB (Bremen) |
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References |
- 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 - get paper here
- EDWARDS, SHELLEY; WILLIAM R. BRANCH, BIEKE VANHOOYDONCK, ANTHONY HERREL, G. JOHN MEASEY, KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY 2013. Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 3669 (2): 101–114 - get paper here
- Haacke, W. D. 1975. Herpetological investigations in the sand sea of the southern Namib. . TRANSVAAL MUSEUM BULLETIN No. 15: 8-10
- 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 - get paper here
- Lamb, T. & A.M. Bauer 2003. Meroles revisited: complementary systematic inference from additional mitochondrial genes and complete taxon sampling of southern Africa’s desert lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 29: 360–364 - get paper here
- Mertens, R. 1937. Zur Kenntnis der Reptilien-Fauna der Lüderitz-Bucht, Südwest-Afrika. Veroeff. Deutsch. Kolon.- u. Uebersee-Mus. Bremen 2: 10-16
- Mitchell, A.J.L.; Steyn, W. 1967. Further distribution records of Reptiles in SW- Africa. Cimbebasia 21: 23-26 (Windhoek)
- Robinson, M.D.; C.W. Barrows 2013. Namibian and North American sand-diving lizards. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 116–125 - get paper here
- Szczerbak, Nikolai N. 1989. Catalogue of the African Sand lizards (Reptilia: Sauria: Eremiainae: Lampreremias, Pseuderemias, Taenieremias, Mesalina, Meroles). Herpetozoa 1 (3/4): 119-132. - get paper here
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