Large-scale Grass Lizard

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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]

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.

  • C. m. macrolepis - This subspecies was discovered by Cope in 1862.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Chamaesaura macrolepis COPE, 1862". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2008-01-06. 
  2. ↑ "Chamaesaura macrolepis". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-06. 
Extant Cordylidae species
Chamaesaura
Cordylus
  • African Spiny-tailed Lizard (C. polyzonus)
  • Angolan Girdled Lizard (C. angolensis)
  • Armadillo Girdled Lizard (C. cataphractus)
  • Barberton Girdled Lizard (C. barbertonensis)
  • Black Girdled Lizard (C. niger)
  • Blue-spotted girdled lizard (C. coeruleopunctatus)
  • Campbell's Girdled Lizard (C. campbelli)
  • Cape Girdled Lizard (C. cordylus)
  • Cloete's Girdled Lizard (C. cloetei)
  • Coastal Spiny-tailed Lizard (C. macropholis)
  • C. meculae
  • C. nyikae
  • C. rivae
  • Drakensberg Crag Lizard (C. subviridis)
  • Dwarf Crag Lizard (C. nebulosus)
  • Dwarf Girdled Lizard (C. minor)
  • Dwarf Karoo Girdled Lizard (C. aridus)
  • East African Spiny-tailed Lizard (C. tropidosternum)
  • Eastern Cape Crag Lizard (C. fasciatus)
  • False Girdled Lizard (C. capensis)
  • Giant Girdled Lizard (C. giganteus)
  • Herero Girdled Lizard (C. pustulatus)
  • Hewitt's Spiny-tailed Lizard (C. peersi)
  • Highveld Crag Lizard (C. melanotus)
  • Jordan's Girdled Lizard (C. jordani)
  • Lang's Crag Lizard (C. langi)
  • Lawrence's Girdled Lizard (C. lawrenci)
  • Limpopo Girdled Lizard (C. jonesii)
  • Maasai Girdled Lizard (C. beraduccii)
  • Machado's Girdled Lizard (C. machadoi)
  • Mclachlan's Girdled Lizard (C. mclachlani)
  • Mozambique Girdled Lizard (C. mossambicus)
  • Namaqua Girdled Lizard (C. namaquensis)
  • Northern Crag Lizard (C. transvaalensis)
  • Oelofsen's Girdled Lizard (C. oelofseni)
  • Prickly Girdled Lizard (C. spinosus)
  • Rhodesian Girdled Lizard (C. rhodesianus)
  • Rooiberg Girdled Lizard (C. imkeae)
  • Tasman's Girdled Lizard (C. tasmani)
  • Transvaal Girdled Lizard (C. vittifer)
  • Ukinga Girdled Lizard (C. ukingensis)
  • Van Dam's Girdled Lizard (C. vandami)
  • Warren's Girdled Lizard (C. warreni)
  • Waterberg Girdled Lizard (C. breyeri)
  • Western Cape Crag Lizard (C. microlepidotus)
  • Zoutpansberg Girdled Lizard (C. depressus)
Platysaurus
Pseudocordylus
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