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The Chamaesaura, also known as Grass Lizards, are a genus of legless lizards from southern and eastern Africa.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The large-scale grass lizard (Chamaesaura macrolepis), also known as the large-scaled snake lizard, Zambian grass lizard, or Zambian snake lizard,[2] is a species of lizard in the genus Chamaesaura. It lives scattered across southern Africa with two subspecies.[1]
Distributation :
The large-scale grass lizard lives in grasslands in South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
Subspecies :
The large-scale grass lizard has two subspecies.
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C. m. macrolepis - This subspecies was discovered by Cope in 1862.
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C. m. miopropus - In 1894, George Albert Boulenger discovered a second subspecies.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[1] They are viviparous and eat small invertebrates, especially grasshoppers.
Chamaesaura
Chamaesaura anguina
Scientific classification :
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Cordylidae
Genus:Chamaesaura
Schneider, 1801
Classification of the genus Chamaesaura :
Genus Chamaesaura :
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Species :
- The large-scale grass lizard (Chamaesaura macrolepis) :
Large-scale grass lizard
Scientific classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Cordylidae
Genus:Chamaesaura
Species:C. macrolepis
Binomial name:
Chamaesaura macrolepis
Cope, 1862[1]
For the external links , refrences click here to read the full wikipedia article
Other websites :
- www.cyberlizard.org.uk/cordylidae_chamaesaura.htm
- reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Chamaesaura&species=macrolepis
- www.iucnredlist.org/details/110159014/0
- animaldiversity.org/accounts/Chamaesaura_macrolepis_macrolepis/classification/
- mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/name/Chamaesaura%20macrolepis
FAMILY CORDYLIDAE
1- Genus Cordylus - girdled or Armadillo lizard
2- Genus Chamaesaura - Grass lizards
3- Genus Platysaurus - Flat lizards