Large-scale grass lizard
| 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.
- C. m. miopropus - In 1894, George Albert Boulenger discovered a second subspecies.
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 "Chamaesaura macrolepis COPE, 1862". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
- ↑ "Chamaesaura macrolepis". UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
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