Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867) is a animal in the Lacertidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)

Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)

Meroles cuneirostris is a sand-dwelling lacertid lizard found in the Namib Desert of Namibia and South Africa.

Family
Genus
Meroles
Order
Class
Squamata

About Meroles cuneirostris (Strauch, 1867)

Meroles cuneirostris, commonly called the wedge-snouted sand lizard or wedge-snouted desert lizard, is a sand-dwelling lizard species that belongs to the Lacertidae family. This species is found in the Namib Desert, which spans the territories of Namibia and South Africa.

Photo: (c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tom Heijnen · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Lacertidae Meroles

More from Lacertidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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